Union of Lublin

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The Union of Lublin was a 1569 political agreement that created the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by uniting the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a single federative state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political union ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
aimedTo formalize the long-standing Polish–Lithuanian union ⓘ
strengthen Poland and Lithuania against external threats ⓘ
componentOf history of Eastern Europe ⓘ
history of Lithuania ⓘ
history of Poland ⓘ
countryCreated Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
createdInstitution elected monarchy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
joint parliament (Sejm) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
date 1569-07-01 ⓘ
established common defense for Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
single foreign policy for Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
followedBy First Partition of Poland ⓘ
Warsaw Confederation ⓘ
granted equal political rights to Polish and Lithuanian nobility within the Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalSignificance created one of the largest states in 16th‑century Europe ⓘ
languageOfDocument Latin ⓘ
legalForm act of union ⓘ
location Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Lublin ⓘ
maintained separate armies for Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
separate legal systems for Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
separate treasuries for Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
monarchDuringUnion Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
partOf series of Polish–Lithuanian unions ⓘ
politicalCharacter federative ⓘ
noble republic ⓘ
precededBy Union of Horodło ⓘ
Union of Krewo ⓘ
Union of Vilnius and Radom ⓘ
recognizedAs founding act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
religiousContext predominantly Roman Catholic nobility ⓘ
resultedIn creation of a federative state ⓘ
real union between Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
signatory Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
signedBy Lithuanian nobility ⓘ
Polish nobility ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring reign of Sigismund II Augustus ⓘ
transferredTerritory Kiev Voivodeship ⓘ
Podlasie ⓘ
Podolia ⓘ
Volhynia ⓘ
unitedEntity Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
year 1569 ⓘ

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Lublin → playedRoleIn → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Lublin → wasSiteOf → Union of Lublin 1569 ⓘ
linked to: Union of Lublin
Grand Duchy of Lithuania → unionEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Jagiellonian dynasty → notableEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Sigismund II Augustus → notableEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Sigismund II Augustus → signed → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Golden Liberty → startEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Golden Liberty → influencedBy → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland → unionEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Livonian War → significantEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
historic Old Town of Lublin → significantEvent → Union of Lublin negotiations ⓘ
subject linked to: historic Old Town
linked to: Union of Lublin
Union of Brest → followedBy → Union of Lublin (church union context in later Eastern Catholic developments) ⓘ
linked to: Union of Lublin
Jan Matejko → notableWork → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Union of Krewo → predecessorOf → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Union of Horodło → successor → Union of Lublin ⓘ
History of Lithuania → includesTopic → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Polish Crown → unionCreated → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Król Polski → linkedToEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Treaty of Kėdainiai → relatedEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian union → hasPart → Union of Lublin ⓘ
History of Poland → hasKeyEvent → Union of Lublin in 1569 ⓘ
linked to: Union of Lublin
Horodło Union → precedes → Union of Lublin ⓘ
History of Belarus → includesEvent → Union of Lublin ⓘ
Jam-Zapolsky armistice → relatedTo → Union of Lublin ⓘ