Samogitia or Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly...
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55°45′N 21°50′E / 55.750°N 21.833°E / 55.750; 21.833 The Duchy of Samogitia (Lithuanian: Žemaičių seniūnija, Samogitian: Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, Polish:...
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania (redirect from Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus' and Samogitia)
Old as "King of Poland, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Samogitia, Mazovia, and other [lands]". The country was also called the Republic...
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Christianization of Lithuania (redirect from Baptism of Samogitia)
widespread among the pagan population in Aukštaitija, though much less so in Samogitia. The influence of Orthodox Christianity on pagan Lithuanian culture is...
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Christianity, become an ally of the Order, and give the Order part of Samogitia up to the Dubysa River. However, the treaty was never ratified and in...
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with about 21,499 inhabitants. It is the capital of Telšiai County and Samogitia region, and it is located on the shores of Lake Mastis. Telšiai is one...
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some regions, dialects of other regions are spoken, while for example in Samogitia, there are three indigenous dialects (southern, northern and western Samogitian)...
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Gediminids dynasty. Also, during the Christianization of Samogitia, none of the clergy, who came to Samogitia with Jogaila, were able to communicate with the natives...
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Samogitian uprisings (category History of Samogitia)
by the Samogitians against the Teutonic Knights in 1401–1404 and 1409. Samogitia was granted to the Teutonic Knights by Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke...
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Samogitians (category Samogitia)
žemaitē, Lithuanian: žemaičiai, Latvian: žemaiši) are the inhabitants of Samogitia, an ethnographic region of Lithuania. Many speak the Samogitian language...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas (redirect from Diocese of Samogitia)
is also home to a Minor Basilica in a town of Šiluva, in the region of Samogitia. Predecessor of the diocese was established according to directions from...
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everywhere. First of all, you made and announced a decision about the land of Samogitia, which is our inheritance and our homeland from the legal succession of...
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relatives and other dukes continued. The western part of Lithuania – Samogitia – strongly resisted the alliance's rule. His gains in the southeast were...
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The Lithuanian Metrica or the Metrica of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Latin: Acta Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae, Lithuanian: Lietuvos Metrika, Polish: Metryka...
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Duke of Lithuania Founder of Kernavė Gimbutas Duke of Samogitia Montvilas Duke of Samogitia Kiras Duke of Deltuva Pajauta ♀ Name:...
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The following is a list of the bishops of Samogitia, who administered the Diocese of Samogitia (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926. The seat of...
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inhabitants. But since the land of Samogitia is located lower than the land of Lithuania, it is called as Samogitia, because in Lithuanian it is called...
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Gediminids dynasty. During the Christianization of Samogitia none of the clergy, who arrived to Samogitia with Jogaila, were able to communicate with the...
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redaction (also known as Chronicle of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Samogitia) was compiled in the second half of the 15th and the beginning of the...
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Vydmantai Village Vydmantai gymnasium Country Lithuania Ethnographic region Samogitia County Klaipėda County Municipality Kretinga district municipality Eldership...
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the Treaty of Melno, county seats were established in the forests of Samogitia. From the 14th century to the middle of the 16th century, Plungė was part...
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08167°E / 56.02528; 21.08167 Country Lithuania Ethnographic region Samogitia County Klaipėda County Municipality Palanga City Municipality Eldership...
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map of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania including Samogitia and Curland divided according to their dismemberments with the Kingdom...
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(1245–1349). Historical map of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus' (Ukraine) and Samogitia until 1434. Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth or Commonwealth of...
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728°N 21.517°E / 55.728; 21.517 Country Lithuania Ethnographic region Samogitia County Klaipėda County Municipality Klaipėda District Municipality Administrative...
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family). Their seat was in the Samogitia and Trakai regions. Kęsgailos family members had been the Elders of Samogitia from 1412 until 1532. According...
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Merkelis Giedraitis (section Bishop of Samogitia)
Giedraitis (Polish: Melchior Giedroyć; c. 1536 – 6 April 1609) was Bishop of Samogitia from 1576 to 1609. Educated at Protestant universities in the Duchy of...
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larger administrative units, such as the Eldership of Samogitia, the name of the Duchy of Samogitia during 1422-1441. Lithuania portal Terms Ward Parish...
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1905 started to publish a calendar for the farmers Traveler, leaving to Samogitia and Lithuania (Keleivis, išeinąs į Žemaičius ir Lietuvą). A parson, canon...
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lands, particularly Samogitia as it separated the Knights in Prussia from their branch in Livonia. The Lithuanians first gave up Samogitia during the Lithuanian...
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