The Kingdom of Lithuania was a sovereign state that existed from the 17 July 1251 until the death of the first crowned king of Lithuania, Mindaugas, on 12 September 1263. [1] Mindaugas was the only Lithuanian monarch crowned king with the assent of the Pope and the head of the first catholic Lithuanian state.

The Kingdom of Lithuania was an attempt to establish an independent constitutional Lithuanian monarchy in February 1918. It was created towards the end of World War I when Lithuanian-speaking lands were under military occupation by the German Empire. The state was officially dissolved in November 1918.

The monarchy of Lithuania concerned the monarchical head of state of Lithuania, which was established as an absolute [1] [e] and hereditary monarchy. Throughout Lithuania's history there were three ducal dynasties—the House of Mindaugas, the …

Oct 20, 2024 · Mindaugas converted to Christianity in 1251 and was crowned King of Lithuania in 1253, temporarily establishing Lithuania as a Christian kingdom and securing papal recognition to stabilize his rule. Despite this, Mindaugas' support for Christianity wavered.

Mar 20, 2024 · For centuries, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, the King of Lithuania, and the first unified Lithuanian state, the Kingdom of Lithuania, was created on 6 July 1253.

The Kingdom of Lithuania was a short lived constitutional monarchy created towards the end of the First World War when Lithuania was under German occupation. The Council of Lithuania had declared Lithuania's independence of February 16, 1918.

In the 1230s, the Lithuanian tribal lands were united by Mindaugas and the Kingdom of Lithuania was created on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, including the lands of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia, extending from the Baltic to the ...

Jul 6, 2024 · It was the rise of King Mindaugas that was to secure the reputation of Lietuva (Lithuania) in the annals of history as a truly independent kingdom and eventual master of the largest landholding territory in Europe at the time.

Mindaugas received baptism in 1251 under mediation of Andrew of Stirland, a master of the Livonian Order, and was crowned as a king of Lithuania two years later in 1253, thus guaranteeing an international acknowledgement both of the state of Lithuania and of him as of a sovereign ruler of the state.

Lithuanians, one of the Baltic peoples, later conquered neighboring lands and established the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century (and also a short-lived Kingdom of Lithuania). The Grand Duchy was a successful and lasting warrior state.