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The coat of arms of the Commonwealth combined the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which are depicted as follows: Coat of arms of Poland, the White Eagle. Coat of arms of Lithuania, the White Knight. During the Commonwealth, an inescutcheon contained the personal or family arms of the reigning monarch.
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. It was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th- to 17th ...
92,000 km 2 (36,000 sq mi) The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The growth of power in the Russian Empire threatened the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg monarchy and was the primary motive behind the First Partition.
Polish–Lithuanian union. The term " Polish-Lithuanian union " means a development from the personal union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the creation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, allso called the "Republic of the Two Nations", in 1569 and eventually to the creation of a short-lived unitary state in ...
Warsaw Confederation. Original act of the Warsaw Confederation. The Warsaw Confederation, signed on 28 January 1573 by the Polish national assembly ( sejm konwokacyjny) in Warsaw, was one of the first European acts granting religious freedoms. It was an important development in the history of Poland and of Lithuania that extended religious ...
After the death of the last Jagiellonian king, the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth became an elective monarchy with mostly foreigners elected as monarchs such as Henry III of France, who witnessed the introduction of the Golden Liberty system and Stephen Báthory, a capable military commander who strengthened the nation.
Pages in category "Battles involving the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth" The following 124 pages are in this category, out of 124 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
