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2 days ago · 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.
1 day ago · The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, or simply Poland–Lithuania, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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3 days ago · House of Wittelsbach The "strikingly simple and beautiful" arms of Wittelsbach were taken from the arms of the counts of Bogen, who became extinct in 1242. When Louis I married Ludmilla, the widow of Albert III, Count of Bogen , he adopted the coat of arms of the counts of Bogen together with their land, along the Danube between Regensburg and ...
- 11th century
- Ludwig III
Mar 10, 2024 · USA Map with States and Cities. By: GISGeography Last Updated: March 10, 2024. This USA map with states and cities colorizes all 50 states in the United States of America. It includes selected major, minor, and capital cities including the nation’s capital city of Washington, DC. Alabama. Montgomery. Birmingham. Mobile. Huntsville. Selma. Dothan.
5 days ago · Lithuania, country of northeastern Europe, the southernmost and largest of the three Baltic states. Lithuania was a powerful empire that dominated much of eastern Europe in the 14th–16th centuries before becoming part of the Polish-Lithuanian confederation for the next two centuries.
6 days ago · Origin of the U.S. states. In 1776, 13 North American British colonies proclaimed themselves to be independent states, and in 1781, under the Articles of Confederation, they formed a “perpetual Union.”. The perpetuity of that union was not assured, however, because the articles establishing that “firm league of friendship” provided also ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Anna was the regent of Russia (November 1740–November 1741) for her son, the emperor Ivan VI. A niece of Empress Anna (reigned 1730–40), Anna Leopoldovna married a nephew of the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI in 1739 and gave birth to a son, Ivan (Aug. 2 [Aug. 13], 1740), who was named heir to the