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During the inaugurations of Lithuanian monarchs until 1569, Gediminas' Cap was placed on the monarch's head by the Bishop of Vilnius in Vilnius Cathedral. [7] Lithuania in the present day is a representative democracy in a semi-presidential system based on popular sovereignty, as defined in the current Constitution of Lithuania, and has no ...
Because Lithuania was pagan in the 13th century, Lithuanian monarchs were not granted the title of a Catholic monarch even though extant Christian sources referred to Lithuanian rulers as kings or emperors regardless of their religious affiliation. [3] For instance, Gediminas titled himself King of Lithuania and Rus, and Duke of Semigalia. The ...
The article is a list of heads of state of Lithuania over historical Lithuanian state. The timeline includes all heads of state of Lithuania as a sovereign entity, legitimately part of a greater sovereign entity, a client state , or a constituent republic subject to an outside authority.
This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania.. Notable Lithuanians (from top, left to right): Lithuanian king Mindaugas; Grand Dukes - Gediminas; Kęstutis; Vytautas; Jogaila; Grand Duchess Barbora Radvilaitė; Grand Hetman of Lithuania Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł; architect Laurynas Gucevičius; historian Simonas ...
Grand dukes of Lithuania (2 C, 35 P, 1 F) K. Kings of Lithuania (2 P) Pages in category "Monarchs of Lithuania" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 ...
Early dukes of Lithuania (including Samogitia) reigned before Lithuanians were unified by Mindaugas into a state, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. While the Palemonids legend provides genealogy from the 10th century, only few dukes were mentioned by contemporary historical sources. All of them were mentioned in written sources the 13th century.
Casimir Jagiellon was the third and youngest son of King Władysław II Jagiełło (known as Jogaila) and his fourth wife, Sophia of Halshany. [5] Casimir's mother was 40 to 50 years younger than his father, which caused widespread speculations that the children were the product of adultery. [6]
Mindaugas was the only king of Lithuania; [7] while most of the Lithuanian grand dukes from Jogaila onward also reigned as kings of Poland, the titles remained separate. Now generally considered the founder of the Lithuanian state, he is also now credited with stopping the advance of the Tatars towards the Baltic Sea, establishing international ...