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    The Duchy of Samogitia (Lithuanian: Žemaičių seniūnija, Samogitian: Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, Polish: Księstwo żmudzkie) was an administrative unit of the...
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    Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural...
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    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to...
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    consisting of Lithuanians from Lithuania Proper; Samogitians from Duchy of Samogitia; following Lithuania's eastward expansion into what is now Belarus...
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    Telšiai (redirect from History of Telšiai)
    district capital. Until 1795, Telšiai County formed the Duchy of Samogitia within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Between 1795 and 1802 it was included in the...
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    Lithuania proper (category Metropolitan or continental parts of states)
    maps. Lithuania proper also included the Duchy of Samogitia. A few Baltic confederations from the second half of the 12th century and the 13th century are...
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    Samogitians (category Samogitia)
    became the last group of Europeans to convert to Christianity. Samogitians lived in the Duchy of Samogitia within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1857,...
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    coat of arms that is based on the Dzūkija coat of arms. Samogitia has a flag and a coat of arms dating from the time of the Duchy of Samogitia; these...
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    Berek Joselewicz (category Polish recipients of the Legion of Honour)
    agent of the Polish magnate Prince Massalski. Dow Baer (Berek) Joselewicz was born in Kretinga, in the Duchy of Samogitia of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    death of his father Algirdas (Duchy of Vitebsk) Kęstutis (Duchy of Trakai and protectorate of Duchy of Samogitia) Vytautas Maria, married Dmitry of Tver...
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    under the command of the Polish–Lithuanian Field Hetman Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński, in the town of Tryškiai of the Duchy of Samogitia (present-day Lithuania)...
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    family of ancient lineage originating from the Duchy of Samogitia. The first known reference to the family is in the 1528 census of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the term referred to significantly larger administrative units, such as the Eldership of Samogitia, the name of the Duchy of Samogitia...
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  • list of wars that began between 1000 and 1499 (last war ended in 1504). Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended...
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    current Šiauliai County forming part of the Duchy of Samogitia, itself divided into tracts. In October 1795, Catherine II of Russia granted Šiauliai the city...
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    though much less so in Samogitia. The influence of Orthodox Christianity on pagan Lithuanian culture is evidenced in about one-third of present-day Lithuanian...
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    Kelmė (redirect from History of Kelmė)
    Kelmė's first church was built. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Prior...
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    Plungė (redirect from History of Plungė)
    was first mentioned as a town. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. On January...
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    (Piłsudski coat of arms), was a Lithuania nobleman and landowner, Chamberlain of the Duchy of Samogitia, Marshal of the Nobility for the District of Telšiai,...
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    Lithuanian, Polish, Tartar, German and Ruthenian. As the Duchy of Samogitia maintained a certain level of autonomy within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    Didžioji Lietuva), northwest Grand Duchy, its most Catholic and ethnically Lithuanian part, capital Vilnius; Duchy of Samogitia (Lithuanian: Žemaitija; Polish:...
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    families. A notable member of the family is Roch Mikołaj Piłsudski (c.1680 – early 18th century), Pantler of the Duchy of Samogitia. His marriage to Małgorzata...
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    Since 1397, the Duchy had the status of an Eldership, comparable to that of the Eldership of Samogitia. After the administrative reform of 1413 by Vytautas...
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    Duke Mažeika was devastated. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The town...
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    Šilalė (redirect from History of Šilalė)
    ("Pinewood") and Samogitian suffix -alė. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During...
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    crossroad of important trade roads. It was located in the Duchy of Samogitia in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. During...
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  • This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving Lithuania throughout its history as a kingdom (1251–1263), grand duchy (1236–1251; 1263–1795...
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    1398 Treaty of Salynas concerning the Duchy of Samogitia. In 1404 Ulrich was appointed the Order's Marshal (i.e. military leader) and Komtur of Königsberg...
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    Sejmik (category Political history of Poland)
    Rosienie (for the Duchy of Samogitia), two envoys elected, Rzeczyca (for the County of Rzeczyca), two envoys elected, Słonim (for the County of Nowogródek)...
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    Lithuania proper: middle, which was based on the specifics of the Duchy of Samogitia (e.g. works of Mikalojus Daukša, Merkelis Petkevičius, Steponas Jaugelis‑Telega...
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