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Polish Livonia may refer to:

  • Duchy of Livonia, a dominion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Inflanty Voivodeship, a district of the Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621) that was retained by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Treaty of Oliva in 1660

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Polish Livonia

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Polish Livonia may refer to: Duchy of Livonia, a dominion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Inflanty Voivodeship...

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Livonia

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Livonia or in earlier records Livland, is a historical region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. It is named after the Livonians, who lived on the...

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Duchy of Livonia

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also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia (Polish: Inflanty), was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...

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Livonian War

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The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia). The Tsardom of Russia faced a...

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Swedish Livonia

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conquest of the major part of the Polish-Lithuanian Duchy of Livonia during the 1600–1629 Polish-Swedish War. Parts of Livonia and the city of Riga were under...

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Terra Mariana

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(Medieval Latin for "Land of Mary") was the formal name for Medieval Livonia or Old Livonia. It was formed in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade, and its...

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Inflanty Voivodeship

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The Inflanty Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo inflanckie), or Livonian Voivodeship, also known as Polish Livonia, was an administrative division and local...

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Governorate of Livonia

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The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire...

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History of Latvia

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of Livonia" was added to the grand title of Russian Emperors. During the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629) Riga and the largest part of Duchy of Livonia came...

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Partitions of Poland

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Russia gained Polish Livonia, and lands in eastern Belarus embracing the counties of Vitebsk, Polotsk and Mstislavl. By this partition, the Polish–Lithuanian...

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Estonia under Swedish rule

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the city of Narva. The name of Livonia, formerly denoting all of present-day Estonia and Latvia, was now applied to Polish-controlled south Estonia and...

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History of Estonia

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Northern Wars the Polish–Lithuanian king renounced all claims to the Swedish throne and Livonia was formally ceded to Sweden. Swedish Livonia represents the...

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Saeima

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the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish Livonia, a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was exposed to the Polish mode of administration...

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Daugavpils

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Petersburg. Daugavpils, then called Dyneburg, was the capital of Polish Livonia while in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the first partition of Poland...

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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

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Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; Polish: Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to...

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Kingdom of Livonia

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The Kingdom of Livonia was a nominal state in what is now the territory of Estonia and Latvia. Russian tsar Ivan IV declared the establishment of the...

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Oeselians

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word in the (Latinised) form of "Oeselians" in writing was by Henry of Livonia in the 13th century. The inhabitants of Saaremaa (Ösel) are also mentioned...

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Sigismund II Augustus

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partitioned Livonia between Poland (Latvia, southern Estonia) and Sweden (central-northern Estonia). The Polish sector became subsequently known as Polish Livonia...

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Plater family

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Plater family is a German and Polish noble family originating from Westphalia, whose members first settled in Livonia and later in Lithuania and Poland...

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Baltic Germans

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became a Polish vassal state as the Duchy of Prussia, the Livonian branch remained independent while searching for a similar way to secularize. Livonia became...

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Historical Latvian Lands

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the part of Livonia still in the hands of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Treaty of Altmark in 1629, then called Polish Livonia or Inflanty...

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Sigismund III Vasa

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Sweden launched a campaign against the Commonwealth and annexed parts of Polish Livonia. Sigismund remains a controversial figure in Poland. He is one of the...

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Latvian cuisine

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sauerkraut (štovēti kāposti) and pork cutlets (karbonāde). Polish minced meat patties (Polish: kotlet mielony, Latvian: kotlete) and meat-filled pierogi...

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Livonian Order

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his men as castle commanders and administrators of Livonia. In 1238, the Teutonic Knights of Livonia signed the Treaty of Stensby with the Kingdom of Denmark...

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Coat of arms of Vidzeme

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Swedish Livonia the part of the region that came under the control of the Swedish Empire in the 1620s. Since 1677, the coat of arms of Polish Livonia (the...

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