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Name: Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Poland-Lithuania)
Type: Polity
Start: 1561 AD
End: 1795 AD
Nation: courland
Parent: poland-lithuania
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Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Poland-Lithuania)
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Was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominal vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726. In 1795, it was annexed by the Russian Empire in the Third Partition of Poland.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. Northern Wars
A series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
Was a war fought over the control of Old Livonia. The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union (later Commonwealth) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland. Old Livonia was finally partitioned between Sweden, Poland-Lithuania and Denmark-Norway.
Was the partition of Old Livonia between Denmark, Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1.1.2.Polish and Swedish counterattack (Livonian War)
Were the military operations of Sweden and Poland-Lithuania against the Russian invasion.
1.1.2.1.Treaty of Yam-Zapolsky
The Truce or Treaty of Yam-Zapolsky (Ям-Запольский) or Jam Zapolski, signed on 15 January 1582 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia, was one of the treaties that ended the Livonian War.
1.2.Russo-Polish War (1654-1667)
Was a major conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that ended with significant Russian territorial gains.
The Truce of Andrusovo established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed in 1667 between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had fought the Russo-Polish War since 1654 over the territories of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus.
Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden (along with their respective allies) over the hegemony in the Baltic Sea.
Was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
1.4.1.Phase 1: Swedish Dominance
Was the first phase of the Great Northern War, characterized by Swedish victories.
1.4.1.1.War against Augustus II
Was a military campaign initiated by Sweden during the Great Northern war. The goal of the campaign was the overthrow of Augustus II the Strong, who was at the same the Elector fo Saxony and the King of Poland-Lithuania.
1.4.2.Phase 2: Sweden Defending itself
Was the second phase of the Great Northern War. It consisted in the counterattack of all the countries that Sweden had invaded during the first phase of the war.
1.4.3.Peace Treaties of the Great Northern War
Were the peace treaties that ended the Great Northern War.
Was a treaty that ended the Great Northern War between the Tsardom of Russia and the Swedish Empire.
2. Polish-Swedish War (1617-18)
Was a War between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Kingdom of Sweden caused by disputes over the Duchies of Livonia and Estonia.
3. Polish-Swedish War (1621-25)
Was a war in a long-running series of conflicts between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire. It began with a Swedish invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian fiefdom Livonia.
4. Polish-Swedish War (1626-29)
Was a war between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden.
Was the treaty that ended the Polish-Swedish War (1626-1629).
5. War of the Polish Succession
Was a major European conflict sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II of Poland.
Was the treaty that ended the War of the Polish Succession. Augustus III was officially confirmed as King of Poland.
6. Russian protectorate on Poland
Russia instigated a coup that made Poland its factual protectorate.
