Treaty of Kėdainiai

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The Treaty of Kėdainiai was a 1655 agreement in which parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania renounced their union with Poland and accepted Swedish protection during the mid-17th-century Swedish invasion known as the Deluge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
category 1655 in Europe ⓘ
History of Lithuania ⓘ
Second Northern War treaties ⓘ
Treaties of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Treaties of the Swedish Empire ⓘ
conflictContext Swedish invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
followedBy Union of Kėdainiai ⓘ
hasConsequence contributed to internal fragmentation of the Commonwealth during the Deluge ⓘ
provoked accusations of treason against the Radziwiłłs ⓘ
historicalRegion Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Lithuania ⓘ
mainSignatory Bogusław Radziwiłł ⓘ
Janusz Radziwiłł ⓘ
opposedBy Polish–Lithuanian royalist forces ⓘ
supporters of King John II Casimir Vasa ⓘ
partOf Second Northern War ⓘ
The Deluge ⓘ
placeOfSigning Kėdainiai ⓘ
politicalEffect strengthened Swedish influence in the eastern Baltic region ⓘ
weakened the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
relatedEvent Treaty of Ujście ⓘ
Union of Lublin ⓘ
relatedPerson Charles X Gustav of Sweden ⓘ
John II Casimir Vasa ⓘ
result acceptance of Swedish protection by Lithuanian magnates ⓘ
parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania renounced union with Poland ⓘ
temporary dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian union in Lithuania ⓘ
shortDescription 1655 agreement by Lithuanian magnates to renounce union with Poland and accept Swedish protection ⓘ
signatoryFaction Lithuanian Protestant magnates ⓘ
Radziwiłł family ⓘ
linked to: Radziwill
signatoryParty Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
signingDate 1655-08-17 ⓘ
statedAim to end military devastation in Lithuania by changing allegiance ⓘ
to place the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under Swedish protection ⓘ
temporalContext mid-17th century ⓘ
topic Swedish–Lithuanian relations ⓘ
dissolution of political unions ⓘ
year 1655 ⓘ

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