Polity · 1220 CE – 1496 CE
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Lietuva · Великое князство Литовское, Руское, Жомойтское и иных · Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie
- Peak recorded area
- 815,350 km²
- 1375 CE
- Rulers on record
- 8
- from 1282 CE
Overview
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania. The state was founded by Lithuanians, who were at the time a polytheistic nation of several united Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija.
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Territory
21 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
8 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- ButigeidisGrand Duke of Lithuania1282 CE – 1292 CE
- ButvydasGrand Duke of Lithuania1292 CE – 1296 CE
- JaunutisGrand Duke of Lithuania1341 CE – 1345 CE
- AlgirdasGrand Duke of Lithuania1345 CE – 1377 CE
- KęstutisGrand Duke of Lithuania1381 CE – 1382 CE
- ŠvitrigailaGrand Duke of Lithuania1430 CE – 1432 CE
- Sigismund KęstutaitisGrand Duke of Lithuania1432 CE – 1440 CE
- Casimir IV JagiellonGrand Duke of Lithuania1440 CE – 1492 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Latin, Old Ukrainian, Polish, Ruthenian
- Currency
- groschen, Lithuanian long currency, złoty (PLZ)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.