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Duchy of Samogitia

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The Duchy of Samogitia (Žemaičių seniūnija, Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, Księstwo żmudzkie)Grzegorz Błaszczyk, Żmudź w XVII i XVIII wieku: zaludnienie i struktura społeczna, Uniwersytet im. [1]

65 relations: Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Administrative divisions of Lithuania, Aleksander Chodkiewicz, Šiaulėnai, Švėkšna, Battle of Olkieniki, Belarus, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Chodkiewicz, Chodkiewicz coat of arms, Chodko Jurewicz, Demographics of Lithuania, Duchy of Lithuania, Elderships of Lithuania, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Gediminas, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński, Hieronim Chodkiewicz, Hieronim Wołłowicz, Hrehory Chodkiewicz, Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Jan Kiszka, Jan Radziwiłł, Jonas Kęsgaila, Kęsgailos, Kiszka family, List of early Lithuanian dukes, List of wars 1000–1499, List of wars involving Ukraine, Lithuanian Council of Lords, Lithuanian Crusade, Lithuanian nobility, Lithuanian Tribunal, Metsepole, Mikalojus Daukša, Mleczko, Mykolas Kęsgaila, New East Prussia, Order of precedence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Piotr Kiszka, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania, Principality of Koknese, Regions of Lithuania, Rumbaudas Valimantaitis, Sable (heraldry), Samogitia, Samogitian dialect, ..., Samogitian nobility, Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sejmik, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Stanisław Kiszka, Stanisław Radziwiłł, Stanislovas Kęsgaila, Stanislovas Kęsgaila (died 1532), Suvalkija, Treaty of Melno, Ulrich von Jungingen, Voivodes of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Voivodeships of Poland, Volok Reform, Walerian Protasewicz. Expand index (15 more) »

Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the result of the long and complicated history of the fragmentation of the Polish Kingdom and the union of Poland and Lithuania.

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Administrative divisions of Lithuania

This article is about the administrative divisions of Lithuania.

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Aleksander Chodkiewicz

Aleksander Chodkiewicz (Aleksandras Chodkevičius,; ca. 1475 – 28 May 1549) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, founder of the Supraśl Orthodox Monastery.

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Šiaulėnai

Šiaulėnai is a town near Šiauliai in Lithuania located at.

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Švėkšna

Švėkšna is a town in the Šilutė District municipality, 21 km northeast of Šilutė It is the administrative center of Švėkšna elderate.

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Battle of Olkieniki

The Battle of Olkieniki (Valkininkų mūšis, Bitwa pod Olkienikami) took place on November 18, 1700, during the Lithuanian Civil War, between forces of the Sapieha family, led by Michał Franciszek Sapieha, and an anti-Sapieha coalition of Wiśniowiecki, Ogiński, Radziwiłł and Pac families and their supporters (including a pospolite ruszenie of Lithuanian and Samogitian szlachta), led by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki.

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Belarus

Belarus (Беларусь, Biełaruś,; Беларусь, Belarus'), officially the Republic of Belarus (Рэспубліка Беларусь; Республика Беларусь), formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia (Белоруссия, Byelorussiya), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.

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Casimir IV Jagiellon

Casimir IV KG (Kazimierz IV Andrzej Jagiellończyk; Kazimieras Jogailaitis; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) of the Jagiellonian dynasty was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447, until his death.

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Chodkiewicz

The Chodkiewicz (Хадкевіч, Chodkiewiczowie, Chodkevičius, Kadkevičius, Katkevičius, Katkus) family was one of the most influential noble families of Ruthenian descent in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th–17th centuries.

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Chodkiewicz coat of arms

Chodkiewicz (Gryf z Mieczem) is a Polish coat of arms.

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Chodko Jurewicz

Chodko Jurewicz (Chodka (Katkus) Jurgaitis) (fl. 1422–1447) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and is considered to be the founder of the Chodkiewicz family.

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Demographics of Lithuania

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Lithuania, including population density, ethnicity, level of education, health, economic status, and religious affiliations.

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Duchy of Lithuania

Duchy of Lithuania (Ducatus Lithuaniae; Lietuvos kunigaikštystė) was a state-territorial formation of ethnic Lithuanians, that existed from the 13th century until 1413.

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Elderships of Lithuania

A seniūnija (in English: eldership, elderate, ward, parish, or subdistrict) is the smallest administrative division of Lithuania.

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Franciszek Smuglewicz

Franciszek Smuglewicz, or Pranciškus Smuglevičius, 6 October 1745 – 18 September 1807) was a Polish-Lithuanian draughtsman and painter. Smuglewicz is considered a progenitor of Lithuanian art in the modern era. Some consider him as a spiritual father of Jan Matejko's school of painting. His brother was Antoni Smuglewicz.

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Gediminas

Gediminas (– December 1341) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death.

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Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that lasted from the 13th century up to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and Austria.

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Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński

Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński (b. on June 23, 1654 - d. October 17, 1709 in Lublin) was a Polish-Lithuanian Hetman and governor-general of the Duchy of Samogitia from 1698.

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Hieronim Chodkiewicz

Hieronim Chodkiewicz (Jeronimas Chodkevičius; ca. 1515–1561) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who was Elder of Samogitia from 1545 until his death.

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Hieronim Wołłowicz

Hieronim Wołłowicz of Bogorya Coat of Arms, born in the 16th century, died in the 17th century, was Podkanclerz and Grand Treasurer of Lithuania of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Hrehory Chodkiewicz

Hrehory Chodkiewicz (Grigorijus Chodkevičius, Рыгор Аляксандравіч Хадкевіч; – November 9, 1572) was a nobleman and military officer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz

Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz (Jonas Chodkevičius) (1537 – 4 August 1579) was a 16th-century Polish-Lithuanian noble.

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Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (c. 1560 – 24 September 1621; Ян Караль Хадкевіч, Jan Karal Chadkievič, Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius) was a military commander of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth army who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1605 Grand Hetman of Lithuania, and was one of the most prominent noblemen and military commanders of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of his era.

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Jan Kiszka

Jan Kiszka (1552–1592) was a politician, magnate, patron, and benefactor of Polish brethren in the 16th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Jan Radziwiłł

Jan Radziwiłł (1492 most likely in Goniądz – January 1542 in Chochlo) was the Deputy Cup-Bearer of Lithuania and the Elder of Samogitia since 1535 until death.

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Jonas Kęsgaila

Jonas Kęsgaila (or Kęsgailaitis) (Jan Kieżgajło, Johannes Kyensgalowicz, died 1485) was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Mykolas Kęsgaila of the Kęsgaila family.

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Kęsgailos

Kęsgailos (plural; singular: Kęsgaila) was a Lithuanian noble family, one of the largest landowners in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Kiszka family

Kiszka (plural Kiszkowie) was a noble family (szlachta) and one of the most powerful families (magnates) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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List of early Lithuanian dukes

Early dukes of Lithuania (including Samogitia) reigned before Lithuanians were unified by Mindaugas into a state, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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List of wars 1000–1499

This is a list of wars that began between 1000 to 1499. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

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List of wars involving Ukraine

The following is an incomplete list of major wars fought by Ukraine, by Ukrainian people or regular armies during periods when independent Ukrainian states existed, from antiquity to the present day.

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Lithuanian Council of Lords

The Lithuanian Council of Lords (Ponų taryba) was the main permanent institution of central government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania active in its capital city of Vilnius.

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Lithuanian Crusade

The Lithuanian Crusade was a series of campaigns by the Teutonic Order and the Livonian Order, two crusading military orders, to convert the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania into Roman Catholicism.

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Lithuanian nobility

The Lithuanian nobility was historically a legally privileged class in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania consisting of Lithuanians, from the historical regions of Lithuania Proper and Samogitia, and, following Lithuania's eastern expansion, many Ruthenian noble families (boyars).

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Lithuanian Tribunal

The Lithuanian Tribunal was the highest appeal court for the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Metsepole

Mõtsa Pūol or Metsepole was an ancient Livonian county inhabited by a Finnic people Livonians, on the east coast of the Gulf of Riga, at the northwest of what is now the Vidzeme region of Latvia.

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Mikalojus Daukša

Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, Mikołaj Dauksza and Mikolay Dowksza; after 1527 – February 16, 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Catholic church official.

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Mleczko

Mleczko is a Polish surname.

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Mykolas Kęsgaila

Mykolas Kęsgaila ValimantaitisMykolas (Michael) is his Christian given name, Kęsgaila is his pagan given name, and Valimantaitis is his patronymic used as last name.

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New East Prussia

New East Prussia (Neuostpreußen; Prusy Nowowschodnie; Naujieji Rytprūsiai) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807.

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Order of precedence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The order of precedence for members of the Sejm (parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was created at the same time as the Commonwealth itself – at the Lublin Sejm in 1569.

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Piotr Kiszka

Piotr Kiszka (died in 1534) was a noble of the House of Kiszka from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, after 1791 the Commonwealth of Poland, was a dualistic state, a bi-confederation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch, who was both the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania

The princely houses of Poland differed from other princely houses in Europe.

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Principality of Koknese

The Principality of Koknese (Russian: Кукейнос (Kukeinos), German: Kokenhusen, Latin:Kukonouyes) was a small vassal state of the Principality of Polotsk on the right bank of the Daugava River in ancient Livonia (modern Latvia) during the Middle Ages.

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Regions of Lithuania

Lithuania can be divided into historical and cultural regions (called ethnographic regions).

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Rumbaudas Valimantaitis

Rumbaudas Valimantaitis (died in 1432) was an influential Lithuanian noble of Zadora coat of arms.

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Sable (heraldry)

In heraldry, sable is the tincture black, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures, called "colours".

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Samogitia

Samogitia or Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; Žemaitija; see below for alternate and historical names) is one of the five ethnographic regions of Lithuania. Žemaitija is located in northwestern Lithuania. Its largest city is Šiauliai. Žemaitija has a long and distinct cultural history, reflected in the existence of the Samogitian dialect.

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Samogitian dialect

Samogitian (Samogitian: žemaitiu ruoda, žemaitiu kalba, žemaitiu rokunda, žemaičių tarmė) is a dialect of the Lithuanian language, considered a separate language by most linguists outside Lithuania, however, recognition as such is increasing in recent years, spoken mostly in Samogitia (in the western part of Lithuania), in Northern Europe.

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Samogitian nobility

The term Samogitian nobility refers to the noble class living in the region of Samogitia, in Lithuania and an integral part of Lithuanian nobility.

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Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The general sejm (sejm walny, also translated as the full or ordinary sejm) was the bicameral parliament of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Sejmik

A sejmik (diminutive of sejm, occasionally translated as a dietine; seimelis) was one of various local parliaments in the history of Poland.

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Stanisław August Poniatowski

Stanisław II Augustus (also Stanisław August Poniatowski; born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), who reigned as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, was the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Stanisław Kiszka

Stanisław Piotrowicz Kiszka (Stanislovas Kiška; died in 1513 or 1514) was a noble, diplomat and military commander from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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Stanisław Radziwiłł

Stanisław "the Pious" Radziwiłł (Stanislovas Radvila II) (May 12, 1559 – March 19, 1599) was a sixth generation Radziwill family noble (szlachcic) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Stanislovas Kęsgaila

Stanislovas Kęsgaila Jonaitis (Stanisław Janowicz Kieżgajło; died 1527) was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Jonas Kęsgaila from the Kęsgailos family.

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Stanislovas Kęsgaila (died 1532)

Stanislovas Kęstgaila (1503–1532) was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Stanislovas Kęsgaila from the Kęsgailos family.

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Suvalkija

Suvalkija or Sudovia (Sūduva or Suvalkija or Užnemunė) is the smallest of the five cultural regions of Lithuania.

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Treaty of Melno

The Treaty of Melno (Melno taika; Pokój melneński) or Treaty of Lake Melno (Friede von Melnosee) was a peace treaty ending the Gollub War.

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Ulrich von Jungingen

Ulrich von Jungingen (c.a. 1360 – 15 July 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410.

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Voivodes of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Voivodes of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were one of the highest ranking officials who could sit in the Senate of Poland.

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Voivodeships of Poland

A województwo (plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, corresponding to a "province" in many other countries.

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Volok Reform

The Volok Reform (Valakų reforma, Валочная памера) was a 16th-century land reform in parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuania proper, Duchy of Samogitia and parts of White Ruthenia).

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Walerian Protasewicz

Walerian Protasewicz (also: Protaszewicz-Szuszkowski, Valerijonas Protasevičius; born around 1505, died 31 December 1579 in Vilnius) was bishop of Lutsk (1549–1555) and Vilnius (1555–1579).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Samogitia

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