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Hace 2 días · From 1263 to 1269, Lithuania had three grand dukes – Treniota, Vaišvilkas, and Švarnas. The state did not disintegrate, however, and Traidenis came to power in 1269.
Hace 3 días · The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at its greatest extent in 1619. On 11 May 1573, Henry de Valois, son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, was proclaimed King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in the first royal election outside Warsaw.
Hace 3 días · Vytautas Landsbergis was born in Lithuania in 1932 to a family of noted intellectuals. During the Second World War, Lithuania was occupied by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Nazi Germany, and once again by the USSR, which abolished Lithuania’s independence and forcibly annexed it.
Hace 5 días · In this extract from the book, ‘The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire’, John I of Burgundy, also known as John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur , Jan zonder Vrees) led an army to fight the nobles and burghers of Liège in the Battle of Othée, a crucial moment in shifting the Burgundian centre of gravity to the Low Countries.
Hace 1 día · Territorial history[edit] In 1492, the territory of Poland-Lithuania – not counting the fiefs of Mazovia, Moldavia, and Prussia – covered 1,115,000 km 2 (431,000 sq mi), making it the largest territory in Europe; by 1793, it had fallen to 215,000 km 2 (83,000 sq mi), the same size as Great Britain, and in 1795, it disappeared completely. [4]
Hace 4 días · To John Steyle alias Stanford, perpetual vicar of Aldenham in the diocese of Lincoln. Indult for seven years to take, and to rent, let etc. to any persons, even laymen, the fruits etc. of his benefices, whilst studying letters at an university or residing in the Roman court.
Hace 4 días · Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, in winter. Provides an overview of Lithuania, including key dates and facts about this country on the Baltic.
