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| | Grand duchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | An established use of the title was in Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 14th century) and Grand Duchy of Moscow. | | | The title Didysis kunigaikštis (in Lithuanian) was used by the rulers of Lithuania, and after Jagiello also became kings of Poland and was later found among the titles used by kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. | | | Grand Duke is also the usual and established translation of sovereign Grand Prince in languages which do not have separate words meaning prince for (1) the non-ruling relatives of a monarch, and (2) monarch (sovereign or like) princes. |
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| | Grand Duchy of Lithuania - encyclopedia article about Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
| | The chancery languages of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Ruthenian (reffered to as Old Belarusian by Belarusians and as Chancery Slavic by Lithuanians) and Latin. | | | The Grand Duchy of Lithuania retained many rights in that confederation (including separate government, treasury and army) until the May Constitution of Poland was passed in 1791. | | | The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania, spoken by about 4 million native speakers (Lithuanians). |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Grand+Duchy+of+Lithuania
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| | Grand Duchy of Lithuania - encyclopedia article about Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
| | The chancery languages of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Ruthenian (reffered to as Old Belarusian by Belarusians and as Chancery Slavic by Lithuanians) and Latin. | | | The Grand Duchy of Lithuania retained many rights in that confederation (including separate government, treasury and army) until the May Constitution of Poland was passed in 1791. | | | , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign State of Confederation A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Grand+Duchy+of+Lithuania
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| | Grand Duchy of Lithuania - encyclopedia article about Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
| | The chancery languages of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Ruthenian (reffered to as Old Belarusian by Belarusians and as Chancery Slavic by Lithuanians) and Latin. | | | The Grand Duchy of Lithuania retained many rights in that confederation (including separate government, treasury and army) until the May Constitution of Poland was passed in 1791. | | | , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign State of Confederation A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Grand+Duchy+of+Lithuania
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| | Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| | The Vice Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania Leu Sapega was the soul of the third revision of Statut. | | | Grand Duke Zhygimont announced on the Sojm (a congress of aristocracy - main ruling body of Grand Duchy of Lithuania) decision in Vilnia in 1522 that because of many inconsistencies in courts he was planning to write a general law to prevent further legal uncertainaty. | | | Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a great achievement of Belarusian and European law. |
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http://www.belarusguide.com/culture1/texts/Statut.html
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| | He was also known as diplomat, treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), one of the leaders of 1794 uprising. | | | In 1765 he became Manor Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Elder of Grodno and Manager of royal estates in Lithuania. | | | He was Manor Marchal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569-1578, Grand Marchal in 1578-1580, Vaivode of Trakai in 1590-1604, and Vaivode of Vilnius since 1604. |
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| | Moscow, grand duchy of - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Moscow, grand duchy of |
| | Moscow or Muscovy, grand duchy of, state existing in W central Russia from the late 14th to mid-16th cent., with the city of Moscow as its nucleus. | | | Carrying on the policies of his father, Ivan III, he rounded out the territorial consolidation of the Russian state, formally annexing Pskov (1510), Ryazan (1517), and Novgorod-Seversk (1523) and gaining Smolensk (1514) in a war with Sigismund I of Poland and Lithuania. | | | He subjugated (1478) Great Novgorod, asserted his sway over Vyatka, Tver, Yaroslavl, Rostov-Suzdal, and other territories, and checked the eastward expansion of Lithuania, from which he gained some former Russian lands. |
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| | History of Belarus (Great Litva) |
| | The Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were a great achievement of Belarusian Law. | | | - Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | | | These are the excerpts (in Belarusian) from the constitution of 1791 of Commonwealth of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Rzecz Pospolita. |
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http://www.belarusguide.com/as/history/history.html
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| | Grand duchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | An established use of the title was in Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 14th century) and Grand Duchy of Moscow. | | | After the Russian conquests, it continued to be used by the Russian Emperor in his role as ruler of Lithuania (1793-1918) and of Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917) as well. | | | The contemporary independent republics of Finland and Lithuania have been Grand Duchies during certain eras of their history. |
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| | Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| | The Vice Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania Leu Sapega was the soul of the third revision of Statut. | | | Grand Duke Zhygimont announced on the Sojm (a congress of aristocracy - main ruling body of Grand Duchy of Lithuania) decision in Vilnia in 1522 that because of many inconsistencies in courts he was planning to write a general law to prevent further legal uncertainaty. | | | Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a great achievement of Belarusian and European law. |
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http://www.belarusguide.com/culture1/texts/Statut.html
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| | Elerto_straipsnis |
| | The precentor flew to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. | | | In 1801, the coastal strip of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania became a part of Lithuanian province of Vilnius. | | | Six historical entities (Livonian and Prussian Orders, Curland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Russia) were active on the coastal strip of modern-day Lithuania. |
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| | History of Belarus (Great Litva) |
| | The Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were a great achievement of Belarusian Law. | | | These are the excerpts (in Belarusian) from the constitution of 1791 of Commonwealth of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Rzecz Pospolita. | | | The Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are considered to be one of the main treasures (in addition to Lithuanian Metrics) of Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish culture. |
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| | Origins of Parliament |
| | Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL), as the Lithuanian State was known from the middle of the 14th to the end of the 18th century, had ancient traditions of parliamentarianism. | | | In a sense, the noblemen tried to "preserve" the Seimas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania till the 17th century by convening individual sessions to discuss the policy of the GDL and the position of its representatives prior to the sessions of the Lithuanian and Polish Seimas. | | | On September 29, 1529, the Statute of Lithuania, prepared under the guidance of Chancellor Albertas Goðtautas, was adopted by the Seimas of Vilnius. |
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| | PageRadziwill.html |
| | - 1500), Chamberlain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | | | Nicholas II Radziwill (1) Prisuc "Methuselah Radziwill (1398-1509), Voivode of Vilna and Chancellor of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | | | Anton Henry Radziwill (1776-1833), Stadholder of the Grand Duchy of Posnan and composer m. |
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| | Battle of Grunwald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | alliance of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania | | | Due to different system of feudal overlordship, as well as lack of heraldic traditions, the units of Grand Duchy of Lithuania were all grouped under banners of two types: the Vytis and the Poles of Gediminas. | | | The king of Poland backed up Lithuania and announced that he would stand by his promises in case the Teutons invaded Lithuania. |
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| | Education in Lithuania |
| | The Commission of Education of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was established on October 14, 1773. | | | The structure of the institutional educational system in Lithuania, while it was under the domain of the Commission of Education, was as follows: the chief school of education in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was Vilnius University as of 1781. | | | Later, management of schools was delegated by the Commission of Education to the Chief School of Education in Lithuania, and to Krakow University, the Chief School of Education in the Kingdom of Poland. |
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| | Articles - Chancellor |
| | In reality the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, effectively like a chairman of trustees, carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat in cabinet. | | | Formerly, the Lord Chancellor was the sole judge in the Court of Chancery. | | | Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury. |
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| | PolishRoots - Geography & Maps |
| | It is a known historical fact that Wilno was the capital of the great Duchy of Lithuania from 1323 to 1569; from the Lublin Union to 1794, the main town in the Duchy; on 12 December 1794 became the main town in the Lithuanian guberniya.; from 1802, the guberniya town of the Wilno guberniya. | | | The reason for this assembly was to renew the unification of the Crown and Lithuania. | | | After Lithuania was annexed to Russia the city administration was adapted to the 1785 city statute of Catherine II. |
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| | Czartoryski |
| | The Princes Czartoryski ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13 th century. | | | Mikhal (1696-1777) became Chancellor of Lithuania and his daughter Antonina married Jan Jerzy Flemming, the wealthy treasurer of Lithuania. | | | Intelligent, highly educated and ambitious, in 1693 Kazimierz marries Isabella Morsztyn, daughter of the Grand Treasurer of Poland. |
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| | Grand Prince - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | An established use of the title was in the Kievan Rus' and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (since 14th century). | | | The title Didysis kunigaikštis (in Lithuanian) was used by the rulers of Lithuania, and after 1569, it was found among the titles used by the kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. | | | Last titular grand principalities vanished in 1917 and 1918, the territories being united into other monarchies or introducing republican form of government. |
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| | Konstantynowicz ancestry from the Grand duchy of Lithuania |
| | Konstantynowicz ancestry from the Grand duchy of Lithuania | | | Pielesh, Gyfn - priest Wojciech Wijuk Kojalowicz, "Armorial of the Grand duchy of Lithuania knights, so-called Compendium" had written on the Pielesz crest c. | | | Here you will read about different lines and branches of the Konstantynowiczs from Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and now from Poland; and about emigrants in America and at others continents. |
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| | Duchy of Warsaw - Encyclopedia, History and Biography |
| | Poles expected in 1812 that the duchy would be upgraded to the status of a kingdom, and that during Napoleon's march on Russia, it would be joined with the liberated territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. | | | During Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 the Polish Parliament passed an act restoring the Kingdom, renaming the Duchy of Warsaw the Kingdom of Poland in union with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but with the campaign's failure, the status of the Duchy of Warsaw was restored. | | | Grand Duchy of Poznan annexed by Prussia- 29,000 km² |
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| | Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Khanate Court of the Golden Horde |
| | In the west, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania expanded, annexing Russian principalities previously subject to the Golden Horde. | | | Representative of his most Catholic Majesty, Grand Duke Vytautas IV of Lithuania. | | | A new era for the Grand Duchy of Tuscany with Fernando I de Medici, in 1558 RPG. |
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| | Podskarbi |
| | In the Grand Duchy of Lithuania the office of "Podskarbi ziemski" (District Treasurer) changed in 1569 in a senatorial office and since then called "Podskarbi wielki litewski" (Grand Treasurer of Lithuania). | | | Podskarbi nadworny litewski - Court Treasuer of Lithuania | | | There are also existed the office of "Podskarbi nadworny litewski" (Court Treasurer of Lithuania), since the 18th century his responsibility was taken over by Kustosz koronny. |
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| | Association of the Belarusian Nobility - Zhurtavannie Belaruskaj Sliachty - HOMEPAGE - START HERE |
| | were nobles in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, on the whole, in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, irrespective of whether they were subsequently confirmed in their noble status in the Russian Empire; | | | were nobles of the former Smolensk government of the Russian Empire, in as much as the Smolensk lands were a constituent part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for a long period of time; | | | were Russian nobles whose forefathers had their origins in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; |
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| | Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł (1595-1656), was a Polish magnate, noble, a duke and a politician from Grand Duchy of Lithuania. | | | He was also a patriot of Grand Duchy: he always strived to ensure that there is no discrimnation towards his compatriots and they have equal representation in the Commonwealth political structure, just as he tried to ensure that non-Catholics had as little of it as possible. | | | During his life he was the most influential Lithuania politician. |
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| | Grand duke - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal |
| | The title Magnus Dux or Grand Duke was used by the Jagiello rulers of Lithuania, who also became kings of Poland. | | | Another early use of the title was in Tuscany, which became a Grand Duchy in 1569, and remained one until 1860, when it was annexed by Piedmont-Sardinia[?]. | | | This title was not given to consorts of a daughter or granddaughter of a tsar. |
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| | Titulinis psl |
| | According to it, the Grand Master of the Order Albrecht becomes a liege of the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund the Old and establishes a secular Duchy of Prussia. | | | Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas and his brother Duke Kęstutis demand from Pope Innocent VI and, in 1358, from Gregory XI that the Order returns to Lithuania the patronymic Baltic lands of Gediminaičiai from Aistian Lagoon to the Alna river, which were the Kőnigsberg and Klaipėda regions. | | | At negotiations on captives taken during the Grűnwald battle, the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas declares to Marshal of the Order M. Kűchenmeister: Prussia is also the land of my ancestors and I will lay claim to it up to the Osa, because it is a heritage of my ancestors. |
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