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Duchy of Livonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coins of Duchy of Livonia During the Livonia Wars (1558-1582) the Livonia Confederation was dissolved. The part of Latvia west of Daugava River to Baltic Sea formed up a new region, the Duchy of Courland and Semigalia (Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste).
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The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Latin: Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ, Polish: Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii ,German: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen, Latvian: Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste) is the name of a duchy in the Baltic region that existed from 1562 to 1791 as a vassal state of...
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The Duchy of Livonia (Polish: Ksiestwo Inflantskie...
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Appletree.eu : Duchy of Livonia The Duchy of Livonia was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — and later the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth — that existed from 1561 to 1621.
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After the dissolution (1561) of the Livonian Order, Livonia was contested by Poland, Russia, and Sweden. Courland, in the southwest, became a duchy under...
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Livonian Voivodship (Lithuanian: Livonijos vaivadija, Polish: Województwo Inflanckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia part of the (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) since in was formed in 1620s out of the Wenden Voivodship till the partitions in 1772. Livonian Voivodship...
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Dorpat Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Dorpackie or Województwo Derpskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia part of the (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) since in was formed in 1598 till the Swedish conquest of Livonia in 1620s.
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Livonia Polish, 1561-1621 In 1561, the state of the Livonian Order was disintegrating. Russian raids (see the Livonian War) resulted in severe destruction and caused the various cities and noblemen of Livonia to look elsewhere for protection.
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