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After the expansion of the Lithuanian state in the 13th century, when it became known as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Lithuania (1251–1263), the Duchy of Lithuania became an administrative unit, governed by dukes and inherited through dynastic links.
First Independent Republic of Lithuania (1918-1940) Grand Duchy of Lithuania (until 1569) History of Lithuania: Introduction; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1795) Restored Independent Lithuania (1990 And Beyond) Soviet Occupation of Lithuania (1944-1990) The Rule of Russian Empire in Lithuania (1795-1918) World War 2 in Lithuania (1940-1944)
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The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.
lithuania, grand duchy of, to 1569. The dates 1385 and 1569 mark important turning points in Polish historiography concerning the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a governing myth of which is that of state creation by marriages and free unions.
Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighboring lands and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century (and also a short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania). The Grand Duchy was a successful and lasting warrior state.
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ethnic relations (1253-1569) Grand Duchy of Lithuania largely peacefully expanded southwards and eastwards to become the largest country in Medieval Europe, ruling Ukrainians and Belarusians.
