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The Polish–Lithuanian 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.
In the mid-16th century, before the creation of the Polish–Lithuanian 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 ...
The Polish–Lithuanian 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 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a huge state in central-eastern Europe, with an area approaching one million square kilometers.
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) — former country/monarchy formed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Kingdom of Poland. The Commonwealth also controlled their adjacent Slavic and Baltic territories. Preceded by the Polish–Lithuanian Union (1385–1569), and ended by the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
The adjectival terms Lithuanian and Polish-Lithuanian have been used to describe groups residing in the Commonwealth that did not share the Lithuanian ethnicity nor their pre-dominant Christian faith, [3] for example in the description of the Lipka Tatars (Lithuanian Tatars), a Muslim community, [4] and Litvaks (Lithuanian Jews), a significant ...
The History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795) is concerned with the final decades of existence of the Polish–Lithuanian 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.
The swearing in of the Tyszowce Confederation in 1655, painting by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski.. A konfederacja (Polish: [kɔ̃fɛdɛˈrat͡sja] ⓘ, "confederation") was an ad hoc association formed by Polish–Lithuanian szlachta (nobility), clergy, cities, or military forces in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the attainment of stated aims.
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.