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  2. Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    The PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, [b] formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania [c] and also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, [d] [9] [10] was a federative real union [11] between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, existing from 1569 to 1795.

  3. History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795)

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    The History of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795) is concerned with the final decades of existence of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth.The period, during which the declining state pursued wide-ranging reforms and was subjected to three partitions by the neighboring powers, coincides with the election and reign of the federation's last king, Stanisław August Poniatowski.

  4. Banner of Poland - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-16th century, before the creation of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth in 1569, a single banner for the entire entity also came into use. The Commonwealth banner was initially plain white emblazoned with the arms of the Commonwealth which combined the heraldic charges of Poland (White Eagle) and Lithuania . During the 17th century ...

  5. History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)

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    The PolishLithuanian Union had become an influential player in Europe and a significant cultural entity. In the second half of the 16th and the first half of the 17th century, the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth was a huge state in central-eastern Europe, with an area approaching one million square kilometers.

  6. Rzeczpospolita - Wikipedia

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    I Rzeczpospolita Polska (Polish: Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita) (sometimes translated as the "First Polish Republic"), in reference to the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795). During this period, the commonwealth was ruled de facto by a privileged class called the szlachta , which had (among numerous others) the right to elect both the ...

  7. Union of Lublin - Wikipedia

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    Poland and Lithuania in 1526, before the Union of Lublin The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569. There were long discussions before signing the union treaty. Lithuanian magnates were afraid of losing much of their power, since the union would make their legal status equal to that of the much more numerous Polish lower nobility.

  8. Military of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    PolishLithuanian Commonwealth coat of arms. The military of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth consisted of two separate armies [1] of the Kingdom of Poland's Crown Army and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army following the 1569 Union of Lublin, which joined to form the bi-conderate elective monarchy of the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth.

  9. Coat of arms of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; Armiger: King of Poland/Grand Duke of Lithuania: Adopted: Following 1386 [Note 1] [citation needed] Shield: Quarterly 1st and 4th Gules, an eagle argent, crowned or; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, Pogonia. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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