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Jaunė (277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jaunė (Belarusian: Еўна, Lithuanian: Jaunė, literally, young woman in Lithuanian; died ca. 1344) was daughter of Prince Ivan of Polatsk and wife of Gediminas

Gabriel Narutowicz (2,277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gabriel Józef Narutowicz (Polish: [ˈɡabrjɛl naruˈtɔvit͡ʂ]; 29 March 1865 – 16 December 1922) was a Polish professor of hydroelectric engineering and politician

Vaišvilkas (751 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vaišvilkas or Vaišelga (also spelled Vaišvila, Vojszalak, Vojšalk, Vaišalgas; died 18 April 1267) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1264 until his death

Narimantas (472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Narimantas or Narymunt (baptized Gleb; 1277 or just before 1300 (according to Wasilewski 1992) – 2 February 1348) was a Lithuanian duke and the second

List of early Lithuanian dukes (668 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

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

Michael Glinski (1,222 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michael Lvovich Glinsky (Lithuanian: Mykolas Glinskis; Russian: Михаил Львович Глинский; Polish: Michał Gliński; 1460s – 24 September 1534) was a noble

Emilia Plater (2,623 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Countess Emilia Broel-Plater (Lithuanian: Emilija Pliaterytė; 13 November 1806 – 23 December 1831) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman and revolutionary

Józef Sylwester Sosnowski (117 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Józef Sylwester Sosnowski (died 31 December 1783), of the Nałęcz coat-of-arms, was a Polish-Lithuanian magnate — Voivode of Smolensk (from 1771) and Połock

Michał Kazimierz Pac (674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michał Kazimierz Pac (Lithuanian: Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas; c. 1624 – 4 April 1682) was a nobleman and prominent military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian

Aldona of Lithuania (538 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Aldona (baptized Ona or Anna; her pagan name, Aldona, is known only from the writings of Maciej Stryjkowski; c. 1309 – 26 May 1339) was Queen consort of

Jan Zabrzeziński (549 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jan Jurjewicz Zabrzeziński or Zaberezhsky (1437 – 2 February 1508) was a noble of Leliwa coat of arms from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who achieved the

Danutė of Lithuania (626 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Danutė of Lithuania (baptized Anna; c. 1358 – 26 November 1424), was a Lithuanian princess of the Gediminid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Warsaw.

Daumantas of Pskov (1,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daumantas, Domantas or Dovmont (Russian: Довмонт; Christian name: Timothy (Тимофей); died 20 May 1299) was Prince of Pskov from 1266 to 1299. During his

Romuald Giedroyć (1,394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Romuald Giedroyć (Lithuanian: Romualdas Giedraitis; French: Romuald Gedroitze; 7 February 1750 – 15 October 1824) was a Polish-Lithuanian prince from the

Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (843 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Prince Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775) was a Polish nobleman, the Duke of Klewań and Żuków [pl], magnate, and Knight of the Order of the White

Rimgailė (403 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rimgailė (also Rymgajla, Rimgaila, Ringaila, Polish: Ryngałła, Romanian: Ringala; c. 1367 – 1423 or 1430) was a Lithuanian princess of the House of Kęstutis

Patrikas (651 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Patrikey Glebovich or Patrikas Narimantaitis (Russian: Патрикей Глебович, Finnish: Patrika Narimantinpoika) was a grandson (or great-grandson) of Gediminas

Petras Jonaitis Mantigirdaitis (528 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Petras Jonaitis Mantigirdaitis (Polish: Piotr Janowicz Montygerdowicz; died after 1497) was a prominent Lithuanian noble. Grandson of Petras Mantigirdaitis

Birutė (1,140 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Birutė (died 1382) was the Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and mother of Vytautas the Great. There

Mikołaj Daniłowicz (279 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mikołaj Daniłowicz (c. 1558 – 30 May 1624) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman and politician. He was Castellan of Lviv from 1614, Treasurer of the Crown

Stanislovas Čiupurna (518 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stanislovas Čiupurna (Polish: Stanisław Czupurna; died in 1411) was a Lithuanian noble, Court (1395–1407) and Grand Marshal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655) (1,839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Prince Janusz Radziwiłł, also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger (Lithuanian: Jonušas Radvila, 2 December 1612 – 31 December 1655) was a

Petras Mantigirdaitis (294 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Petras Mantigirdaitis (Polish: Piotr Montygerdowicz; died 1459) was an influential Lithuanian noble that was the Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1434–59).

Sophia of Halshany (2,070 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sophia of Halshany (Lithuanian: Sofija Alšėniškė; Belarusian: Софья Гальшанская, romanized: Sofja Halšanskaja; Polish: Zofia Holszańska; c. 1405 – 21 September

Ludwik Michał Pac (1,691 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Count Ludwik Michał Pac (French: Louis Michel Pac; Lithuanian: Liudvikas Mykolas Pacas; 5 March or 19 May 1780 – 9 December 1835) was a France-born commander

Catherine Opalińska (1,548 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Countess Catherine Opalińska (Polish: Katarzyna Opalińska; 13 October 1680 – 19 March 1747), was by birth member of House of Opaliński, Queen consort and

Ignacy Domeyko (1,488 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota (Spanish: Ignacio Domeyko, Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnasjo ðoˈmejko]; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was

Erdvilas (273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Erdvilas (Erdywił, Ердивил, Erdiwił, Erdwil) was one of the 21 early dukes of Lithuania who signed a treaty with Galicia–Volhynia in 1219. He and Vykintas

Karigaila (311 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Karigaila (Polish: Korygiełło, died on 16 September 1390 in Vilnius) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver

Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (844 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Liudvika Karolina Radvilaitė; 27 February 1667 – 25 March 1695) was a magnate Princess of the Grand Duchy

Karigaila (311 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Karigaila (Polish: Korygiełło, died on 16 September 1390 in Vilnius) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver

Maksymilian Ossoliński (420 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Maksymilian Ossoliński (c. 1558 – 1655) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and politician. He was Chamberlain of Sandomierz (1633), Treasurer of the Crown

Anna Teresa Potocka (172 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Princess Anna Teresa Potocka née Ossolińska (1746–1810) was a Polish noblewoman, philanthropist and Freemason. She was the daughter of Józef Ossoliński

Konstancja Skirmuntt (1,036 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Konstancja Skirmuntt (also Konstancja Skirmunttówna, Lithuanian: Konstancija Skirmuntaitė; 1851–1934) was an amateur Polish-Lithuanian historian, a member

Albertas Manvydas (715 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Albertas Manvydas or Albertas Vaitiekus Manvydas (Polish: Wojciech Moniwid), died in 1423 was a Lithuanian noble, the first Voivode of Vilnius and founder

Antoni Tyzenhauz (867 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antoni Tyzenhauz (1733 – 31 March 1785) was a noble from the Tyzenhaus family, son of Benedykt Tyzenhauz. As a personal friend of Stanisław August Poniatowski

Anna Alojza Ostrogska (201 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Princess Anna Alojza Ostrogska (1600–1654) was a Ruthenian noblewoman and heiress, known for her great fortune, and famously pious and ascetic lifestyle

Augustinus Rotundus (810 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Augustinus Rotundus (Polish: Augustyn Rotundus, Lithuanian: Augustinas Rotundas, 1520–1582) was a Christian and Renaissance humanist, erudite, jurist,

Vykintas (331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vykintas (died c. 1253) was Duke of Samogitia and a rival to the future King of Lithuania, Mindaugas. In 1236 he probably led the Samogitian forces in

Vaclovas Biržiška (424 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vaclovas Biržiška (2 December 1884 – 3 January 1956) was a Lithuanian attorney, bibliographer, and educator. He was a member of a notable Lithuanian family;

Margiris (735 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Margiris or Margis (died 25 February 1336) was a medieval Lithuanian/Samogitian prince, mentioned by Caspar Schütz, via Wigand of Marburg, as the heroic

Jan Henryk Wołodkowicz (955 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jan Chrzciciel Henryk Witold Wołodkowicz (French: Vitold Jean Henri de Wolodkowicz, 17 September 1765 – 6 August 1825 or 20 August 1836) was a Lithuanian

Rumbaudas Valimantaitis (366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rumbaudas Valimantaitis (Polish: Rumbold [Lambert] Wolimuntowicz; died in 1432) was an influential Lithuanian noble of Zadora coat of arms. He was a son

Vaidila (371 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vaidila (Woidiło, Voydiło, Woydylo; executed in 1381) was a favorite and brother-in-law of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania. The Lithuanian Chronicles

Sofija Bilevičiūtė-Zubovienė (830 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sofija Zubovienė née Bilevičiūtė (Polish: Zofia Zubowowa; 1860–1932) was a Lithuanian noblewoman. Together with her husband count Vladimir Zubov, she established

Mamert Giedgowd (177 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mamert Giedgowd (Lithuanian: Mamertas Gedgaudas; 1843–1863) was a noble from the Gedgaudai [lt] family and participant of the January Uprising. Until the

Alekna Sudimantaitis (593 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alekna Sudimantaitis (Belarusian: Алехна Судзімонтавіч, Polish: Olechno Sudymuntowicz; died in 1490/1491) was an influential Lithuanian noble of Trąby

Gedvydas (329 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gedvydas (or Edivid) (believed to have died ca. 1253) was one of the sons of Dausprungas and nephews of King of Lithuania Mindaugas. Gedvydas together

Tautvilas (417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tautvilas (or Tautvila; died 1263) was Lithuanian Duke of Polotsk and one of Dausprungas' sons and nephews of King of Lithuania Mindaugas. Tautvilas together

Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki (867 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki of the Sas coat of arms (German: Georg Franz Kolschitzky, Ukrainian: Юрій-Франц Кульчицький, romanized: Yurii-Frants Kulchytskyi;

Karolina Proniewska (1,139 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Karolina Proniewska (pronunciation) or Karolina Praniauskaitė (1828–1859) was a romantic Polish-Lithuanian poet and translator, of Samogitian extraction

Jan Abramowicz (385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jan Abramowicz (Lithuanian: Jonas Abramavičius; died 19 June 1602) was a nobleman in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and one of the leaders of Calvinism in

Jonas Manvydas (381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jonas "Ivaška" Manvydas (Polish: Jan (Iwaszko) Moniwidowicz; died 1458) was a Lithuanian noble. A member of the Manvydas family, he was Voivode of Trakai

Jurgis Gedgaudas (658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jurgis Gedgaudas (died c. 1435) was a noble and diplomat from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He used the Leliwa coat of arms. He was active in political

Daniel Czapliński (342 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daniel Czapliński, a Polish noble of Drogosław coat of arms. He was a deputy starosta of Chyhyryn and a rotmistrz in the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian

Butautas (655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Butautas (baptized Henryk; died on May 7, 1380, in Prague) was a son of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He attempted to depose his uncle Algirdas and

Morta of Lithuania (565 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Morta (died in 1263) was Queen of Lithuania (1253–1262) upon the accession of her husband, King Mindaugas. Very little is known about her life. Probably

Ringaudas (424 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ringaudas or Ryngold was a mythological Grand Duke of Lithuania from the Palemonids legends and supposed father of Mindaugas, the first King of Lithuania

Fiodor of Kiev (553 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fiodor (Lithuanian: Teodoras; fl. 14th century) was the prince of Kiev until 1362. Most likely he was the son of Butvydas, and a younger brother of Gediminas

Jonas Manvydas (381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jonas "Ivaška" Manvydas (Polish: Jan (Iwaszko) Moniwidowicz; died 1458) was a Lithuanian noble. A member of the Manvydas family, he was Voivode of Trakai

Butautas (655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Butautas (baptized Henryk; died on May 7, 1380, in Prague) was a son of Kęstutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He attempted to depose his uncle Algirdas and

Barbara Aleksandrówna (156 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Barbara Aleksandrówna (c. 1428 between 1488 and 1492) was a princess and wife of prince Bolesław IV of Warsaw. She was the daughter of Alexander Włodzimierzowic

Merkelis Petkevičius (1,101 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Merkelis Petkevičius (Polish: Melchior Pietkiewicz; c. 1550–1608) was a Reformation (Calvinist) activist in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was a nobleman

Mindaugas (5,047 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mindaugas (German: Myndowen, Latin: Mindowe, Old East Slavic: Мендог, romanized: Mendog, Belarusian: Міндоўг, romanized: Mindowh, Polish: Mendog; c. 1203

Mikołaj Abramowicz (463 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mikołaj Abramowicz or Abrahamowicz (Lithuanian: Mikalojus Abrahamovičius; 1590s – 1651) was a Polish–Lithuanian soldier who was one of the leading military

Mikhailo Olelkovich (911 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mikhailo or Mikhail Olelkovich (Russian: Михаил Олелькович; died August 30, 1481) was a noble from the Olelkovich family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Daugirutis (354 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daugirutis or Dangerutis (Dangeruthe or Daugeruthe) was an early Lithuanian duke who committed suicide in 1213. He is the second (after Žvelgaitis) Lithuanian

Vladimir Zubov (1,906 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Graf Vladimir Zubov (Russian: Владимир Зубов, Polish: Włodzimierz Zubow, Lithuanian: Vladimiras Zubovas; 1862–1933) was a liberal nobleman from the Russian

Petras Simonas Gedgaudas (359 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Petras Simonas Gedgaudas (Polish: Piotr Senko Giedygołdowicz; died in 1451) was a Lithuanian noble and diplomat. He briefly was a regent of Polotsk (equivalent

Jakub Szczawiński (118 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jakub Szczawiński (1577–1637) was a noble (szlachcic) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, of Prawdzic Coat of Arms. He held the offices of voivode of

Szczytt (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arm Jastrzębiec. Szczytt family belonged to the higher class of Lithuanian nobility (panięta) in the first half of 16th century. Jan Niemirowicz [pl]

Antanas Mackevičius (3,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

following the unsuccessful 1831 Uprising, Mackevičius, like most of the Lithuanian nobility, did not lose hope of restoring Lithuania's independence. The main

Elżbieta Branicka (713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Elżbieta Branicka (c. 1734 – 3 September 1800) was a Polish noblewoman (szlachcianka) and politician. She is known for her political career, being the

Sophie de Choiseul-Gouffier (188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

historical, are inspired from the lives of women in contemporary Lithuanian nobility. She was buried on cemetery des Champeaux in Montmorency. Le Polonois

Lengvenis (13th century) (299 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Lengvenis (Lengewin, Langwinus) was one of the local dukes in the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the reign of King Mindaugas (1230s–1263). First

Jurgis Zablockis (975 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jurgis Zablockis (Latin: Georgius Sablocius; died in 1563) was one of the first known writers in the Lithuanian language. Two hymns that he translated

Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki (2,852 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wigund-Jeronym Trubecki or Yuri Nikitich Trubetsky as he was called earlier in Muscovy (Russian: Юрий Никитич Трубецкой; c. 1572 – 1634) was the Prince

Tadas Chodakauskas (1,123 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tadas Chodakauskas (May 4, 1889 – April 25, 1959) was the long-standing mayor of Panevėžys, Lithuania (1925–1940). He was the brother of Romanas Chodakauskas

Katarzyna Kossakowska (59 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Katarzyna Kossakowska (died 1803), was a Polish noblewoman and politician. She was an important politician in mid 18th-century Poland, and known for her

Sofija Smetonienė (2,751 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sofija Smetonienė (née Chodakauskaitė; January 13, 1885 – December 28, 1968), was the wife of the first President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona and served

Romanas Chodakauskas (2,511 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Romanas Chodakauskas (August 9, 1883 – October 8, 1932) was the Lithuanian military attaché to Berlin, a Lithuanian Diplomat in the Ukrainian People's

Fedor Vesna (266 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fedor Vesna (Belarusian: Фёдар Вясна, Russian: Фёдор Весна Polish: Fedor Wesna, Theodor Wiosna[self-published source]) was a famous 14th century falconer

Lithuanian Civil War (1697–1702) (3,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

victor when he returned to Vilnius. While Sapieha was away, the Lithuanian nobility split into those supporting Sapieha and the anti-Sapieha coalition

Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania (700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) could not be granted noble titles by the King in the Polish-Lithuanian

Stanislovas Didžiulis (1,883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Stanislovas Feliksas Didžiulis (1850–1927) was a Lithuanian bibliophile and book collector. His collection is estimated at 1,000 titles which made it the

John Gielgud (12,250 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (/ˈɡiːlɡʊd/ GHEEL-guud; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight

Simeon II Olelkovich (168 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Simeon Mikhailovich Slutsky (c. 1460 – 14 November 1503) was the prince of Kopyl and Slutsk from 1481 until his death in 1503. He was from the Olelkovich

Yuri I Olelkovich (186 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Yuri Simeonovich (c. 1492 – 17 April 1542) was the prince of Kopyl and Slutsk from 1503 until his death in 1542. He was from the Olelkovich family of the

Agreement of Łęgonice (201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prestige of Jan Kazimierz and his bold plans. From then on, Polish-Lithuanian nobility disrespected the king, which contributed to his decision to abandon

Raudonė Castle (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

estate, the Olędzki (Olendskiai) family, members of Szlachta (Polish-Lithuanian nobility), commissioned Laurynas Stuoka-Gucevičius to renovate the castle

Michał Mikołaj Ogiński (667 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michał Mikołaj Ogiński (Lithuanian: Mykolas Mikalojus Oginskis; April 25, 1849 – March 24, 1902) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, marshal of the Telšiai

Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus (634 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus (Lithuanian: Venclovas Venclovaitis Agripa, Polish: Wacław Wencławowicz Agryppa; c. 1525 – c. 1597) was a Lithuanian writer

Jadvyga Tūbelienė (5,719 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jadvyga Tūbelienė (née Chodakauskaitė) (January 11, 1891 – October 4, 1988) was one of the founders of the Lithuanian Women's Council, a writer, journalist

Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Radziwiłł; 31 March 1833 – 16 December 1904) was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility and a General of the Artillery in the Prussian Army. He was the nephew

Marija Kuraitytė-Varnienė (1,198 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marija Kuraitytė-Varnienė (26 August 1886 – 10 October 1982) was a Lithuanian educator best known as the pioneer of the Montessori education in Lithuania

Vytautas (3,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consulting Vytautas. The unique feature of this union was that the Lithuanian nobility presented their own document: for the first time somebody other than

Zubov (508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Paris in 1925. Dmitry's only son, Nicholas, merged with the local Lithuanian nobility and supported the Lithuanian National Revival characterized by cultural

Mikołaj (331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and

Lithuanian Chronicles (1,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fanciful genealogies, linking Lithuanians with noble Romans, the Lithuanian nobility could counter these claims and demand political independence. This

Iliaș of Moldavia (474 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Poland. He married Maria, a scion of the Olshanski family of Lithuanian nobility (granddaughter of Ivan Olshanski and sister of Władysław II's wife

Cecilia Renata of Austria (559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bavaria. Born in 1611 in Graz, she was chosen as a bride by the Polish-Lithuanian nobility. She married Władysław on 9 August in Vienna by proxy, and then in

Henrician Articles (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

charter took the form of 18 articles written and adopted by the Polish-Lithuanian nobility in 1573 at the town of Kamień, near Warsaw, during the interregnum

Sofija Pšibiliauskienė (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to an impractical painter Nikodem Erazm Iwanowski [pl] of Polish–Lithuanian nobility stock. Pšibiliauskienė did not have formal education and self-educated

Cardinal Laws (580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Laws were intended to ensure the "Golden Liberty" of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility, as demanded by nobles united in the Radom Confederation. In fact

Samuel Twardowski (449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, also struggled against the Polish-Lithuanian nobility who controlled the regions of modern Ukraine in the mid-17th century

Union of Grodno (1432) (708 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

provisions of the Union of Horodło (1413), which envisioned that the Lithuanian nobility would elect their new Grand Duke with consent of the Polish nobles

Warsaw Confederation (948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

French St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which prompted the Polish-Lithuanian nobility to see that no monarch would ever be able to carry out such an act

Poles in Lithuania (8,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Polish called Polszczyzna Litewska became the native tongue of the Lithuanian nobility in the 18th century. According to Polish professor Jan Otrębski's

Vladas Putvinskis (3,419 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Vladas Putvinskis or Vladas Pūtvis (6 October 1873 – 5 March 1929) was a Lithuanian paramilitary leader, one of the founders and first chairman of the

Marija Lastauskienė (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mother was Karolina née Peczkiewiczówna. Her family, of Polish–Lithuanian nobility stock, was influenced by Polish culture. Therefore, her native language

Antonina Tomaszewska (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. She was born into the Polish-Lithuanian nobility, and was educated at a Benedictine monastery in Kražiai. While she

Northern War of 1655–1660 (5,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

claims to the Swedish crown and the unwillingness of the Polish–Lithuanian nobility to make the territorial and political concessions an alliance with

Heorhiy Narbut (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ukraine) not far off from Hlukhiv. His family had origins of ancient Lithuanian nobility. His first painting education was self-taught. At about age 20, Narbut

1733 Polish–Lithuanian royal election (540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

monarch. Another royal election was necessary. This time, the Polish – Lithuanian nobility firmly opposed a foreign candidate, such as Portuguese Infante Manuel

List of wars involving Latvia (236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wars involving Lithuania List of wars involving Poland Pro-Swedish Lithuanian nobility and military forces. Hrushevsky (2003), pp. 327ff. "Swedish Military

Mikołaj Zebrzydowski (798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

took place in Nowy Korczyn, rejected royal plans, urging the Polish–Lithuanian nobility to concentrate at Stężyca, on 9 April. Since the rebellious nobility

Union of Krewo (2,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Skirgaila as his regent in Lithuania. He proved to be unpopular and Lithuanian nobility resented growing Polish influence in the state. Vytautas seized the

Bielsk Podlaski (2,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from King Alexander I Jagiellon. In September 1501, a meeting of Lithuanian nobility took place here. Several Polish rulers visited Bielsk, such as Władysław

1697 Polish–Lithuanian royal election (791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of money to the Commonwealth, trying to win the support of Polish-Lithuanian nobility. The election took place in Wola near Warsaw, on June 27, 1697. By

Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory (972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

however, he appointed commanders to lead different parts of it: Lithuanian nobility was led by Mikalojus Radvila Rudasis, Lithuanian-hired mercenaries

Lithuanians in Russia (649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Russia. Since at least the 13th century there are records of Lithuanian nobility taking allegiance to principalities in Russian lands and to Russian

Trakų Vokė Manor (1,830 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

manor house was renovated in 1971-1978. In 2002, The Royal Union of Lithuanian Nobility received a lease for the Trakų Vokė Manor from the Government of

Hyeranyony (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Several assemblies of Lithuanian nobility were held in the town during the 1575 interregnum. In 1708, King

Battle of Pyliavtsi (887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Polish–Lithuanian servants[citation needed] 32,000–40,000 Polish–Lithuanian nobility, cavalry and infantry[citation needed] 8,000 German mercenaries[citation

Radom (4,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as King Charles X Gustav still sought alliances within the Polish-Lithuanian nobility; the situation changed, however, in early 1656, when anti-Swedish

Adam Naruszewicz (1,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Naruszewicz family belonged to the middle class szlachta (Polish-Lithuanian nobility) who held local government offices and had a small estate in Polesie

Brest, Belarus (5,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Volhynia took place in the city, and in 1454 Casimir IV met with Lithuanian nobility to convince them to participate in the Polish–Teutonic War on the

Werewolf (9,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

near the Lithuania-Courland border. The participants, including Lithuanian nobility and werewolves from the surrounding areas, gather to test their strength

War of the Polish Succession (3,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithuania was elected by the szlachta, a body composed of the Polish–Lithuanian nobility, in a specially-called election sejm. The Sejm, the legislative body

1573 Polish–Lithuanian royal election (1,351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Furthermore, several internal problems existed in the enormous country. Lithuanian nobility demanded revision of the Union of Lublin, and return of Podlasie

Władysław IV Vasa (5,575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Italian and Latin. Władysław was liked by the szlachta (Polish-Lithuanian nobility), but his father's plans to secure him the Polish-Lithuanian throne

Deluge (history) (7,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1655) and the subsequent slaughter of its residents convinced the Lithuanian nobility that Swedish protection was the best solution. The situation of the

Hasidic Judaism (12,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of all Eastern European Jews, influenced by the style of Polish–Lithuanian nobility. Furthermore, Hasidim have attributed religious origins to specific

History of the Jews in Lithuania (5,774 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jewish tax-collectors. Hence when the favorable moment arrived, the Lithuanian nobility endeavored to secure greater power over the Jews. At the Diet of

Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (3,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

result of the special role of offices in the minds of the Polish–Lithuanian nobility: even though these offices were only honorary, without any material

Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1,600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

school inspector of the Barysaw District and marshal of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility (1842–1848), then governor of the Minsk Male Gymnasium [ru] (1848–1854)

Clement Mary Hofbauer (3,887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

partition in 1772, stronger institutions became the goal of the Polish-Lithuanian nobility. Abolished was the previous requirement for unanimity in parliamentary

Alojzy Rafał Estreicher (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Antonina née Rozbierska, daughter of a Lviv professor belonging to Lithuanian nobility. They had seven children including the philologist Karol Estreicher

Rujiena Castle (688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Livonian War in 1560, the castle was occupied, looted and burned by the Lithuanian nobility, but was then restored. In September 1560, the Russian army under

Lutheranism (20,783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spreading into Lithuania Proper with practically all members of the Lithuanian nobility converting to Lutheranism or Calvinism, but at the end of the 17th

History of the Jews in Belarus (5,763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jewish tax-collectors. Hence when the strategic moment arrived, the Lithuanian nobility endeavored to secure greater power over the Jews. At the Diet of

Livonian War (7,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Protestant order by religious or secular authorities. Some members of the Lithuanian nobility opposed the growing Polish–Lithuanian union and offered the Lithuanian

Lithuanian Metrica (1,718 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mokslas, 1989, p. 325 Zigmantas Kiaupa. The Lithuanian Metrica and the Lithuanian Nobility at the End of the Eighteenth Century, in Lithuanian Historical Studies

Republic of Central Lithuania (4,190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithuanian culture, as during the Commonwealth times many of the Lithuanian nobility was Polonized. General elections in Central Lithuania were decreed

John I Albert (5,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were at first apprehensive about forming a union with Poland. The Lithuanian nobility and minorities feared that merging the two countries would threaten

Tadeusz Kościuszko (10,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

become Polonized as early as the 16th century. Like most Polish–Lithuanian nobility of the time, the Kościuszkos spoke Polish and identified with Polish

Brandenburg–Prussia (7,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Prussian kings as "Margraves of Brandenburg". Neither did the Polish–Lithuanian nobility accept Frederick's royal status, seeing the Polish province of Royal

List of Russian princely families (2,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Prince Gedrus, a relation of Grand Duke Traidenis) Princes Glinski (Lithuanian nobility; claimed descent from the Tatar warlord Mamai) Princes

Glinski rebellion (5,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Glinski that he would never be safe because of the threat from the Lithuanian nobility. At the same time, Vice-Chancellor Maciej Drzewicki argued that Laski

Lithuanian Square (1,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Union was erected. According to tradition, in 1569 the Polish and Lithuanian nobility met in this place before the union of both countries was signed.

Anti-Lithuanian sentiment (4,488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

interactions primarily took place at the level of the nobility. The Lithuanian nobility gradually adopted the Polish language and cultural elements, yet

Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1534–1537) (1,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the recruitment of people into the army. Pospolite ruszenie of the Lithuanian nobility was called for in Minsk on the 23rd of May 1534. Moscow's troops

History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795) (16,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and treasury instituted, but legal distinctions were preserved and Lithuanian nobility would fill half of the offices provided by the branches of central

Demographic history of Vilnius (1,894 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

major city in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and home to the Lithuanian nobility; however, it was severely damaged by a 1610 fire. After the 1655

History of Poles in Lithuania (5,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lithuanian magnates. In the following century it was adopted by the Lithuanian nobility in general. Even the nobility of Žemaitija used the Polish language