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    the Union of Krewo or Act of Krėva (also spelled Union of Krevo, Act of Kreva; Polish: unia w Krewie; Lithuanian: Krėvos sutartis) comprised a set of prenuptial...
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    medieval period from 1025 until the Union of Krewo (Act of Krewo) was signed in 1385, the first step towards the forming of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    Bolesław I the Brave, Duke of Poland, became the first crowned King of Poland in 1025. The Union of Krewo was a set of prenuptial agreements made in...
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    creation of a unitary state in 1791. Important historical events included: 1385 – Union of Krewo, a personal union that brought the Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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    Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who was still a pagan, concerning his potential marriage to Jadwiga. Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo, pledging to convert...
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    Marriage of Jogaila and Queen Jadwiga of Poland on 1385, generally called the Union of Krewo. That union laid the foundations for the eventual formation of the...
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    pagan ruler of medieval Lithuania. After he became King of Poland, as a result of the Union of Krewo, the newly formed Polish-Lithuanian union confronted...
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  • conquest of large groups of East Slavs who resided in Ruthenia. In 1385, the Grand Duchy formed a dynastic union with Poland through the Union of Krewo. Later...
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    Kreva (redirect from Krewo)
    Krėva, Krẽvas; Polish: Krewo) is an agrotown in Smarhon District, Grodno Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Krevas selsoviet. The...
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    modernization and Europeanization of Lithuania. Poland and Lithuania had been joined in a personal union since the Union of Krewo of 1385. Both countries were...
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    of Poland in 1401. The union amended the earlier act of the Union of Krewo (1385) and confirmed the Ostrów Agreement (1392). Vytautas, Grand Duke of Lithuania...
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    and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The alliance was first established in 1385 by the Union of Krewo, solemnized by the marriage of Poland's Queen Jadwiga...
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    the Ruthenian lion also was one of the early coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as Jogaila in the Union of Krewo styled himself as: Nos Jagalo...
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    Ruthenians (category Grand Duchy of Lithuania)
    The Union of Krewo in 1385 broke this monopoly and made Catholicism the religion of the ruling class. Jogaila, then ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    Lublin (redirect from Flag of Lublin)
    the city's development was the Polish-Lithuanian Union of Krewo in 1385. Lublin thrived as a centre of trade and commerce due to its strategic location...
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    of Gediminas, and continued under the diarchy and co-leadership of his sons, Algirdas and Kęstutis. Algirdas's son Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo in...
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  • merge into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth following the Union of Krewo and Union of Lublin. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire emerged as a major regional...
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    The Union of Krewo in 1385 broke this monopoly and made Catholicism the religion of the ruling class. Jogaila, then ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    Battle of Aljubarrota between Portugal and Castile. Portugal maintains independence. 1385: Union of Krewo between Poland and Lithuania. 1389: Battle of Kosovo...
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    Kreva Castle (redirect from Krewo Castle)
    imprisoned and murdered by Jogaila in the Kreva Castle in 1382. The Union of Krewo (Act of Krewo), the first step towards the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth,...
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    and subsequently the Polish–Lithuanian Union after the Union of Krewo (1385). Administratively, it was part of the Vitebsk Voivodeship. It was granted...
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  • Kingdom of Castile is secured. The Union of Krewo establishes the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland and Lithuania, through the proposed marriage of Queen regnant...
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    Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who was still a pagan, concerning his potential marriage to Jadwiga. Jogaila signed the Union of Krewo, pledging to convert...
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    coalition was a prelude to the Union of Krewo in 1385, and the Union of Lublin in 1569, which resulted in the creation of a new state, the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    Prussia (redirect from History of Prussia)
    Eventually, Poland and Lithuania, allied through the Union of Krewo (1385), defeated the Knights in the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) in 1410. The Thirteen Years'...
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    conquest of large groups of East Slavs who resided in Ruthenia. In 1385, the Grand Duchy formed a dynastic union with Poland through the Union of Krewo. Later...
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    coat of arms of the Republic of Poland is described in two legal documents: the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the Coat of Arms,...
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    § Polish–Lithuanian union Coat of arms of Poland Adopted after the Union of Krewo, 184 years before the creation of the Commonwealth. Rimša, Egidijus. "Lietuvos valstybės...
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    and during the Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385), ending with the Union of Krewo. Mieszko I of Poland was the first historical ruler of the first independent...
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    Europe (redirect from Map of europe)
    From the Union of Krewo (1385) east-central Europe was dominated by the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The hegemony of the vast Polish–Lithuanian...
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