Kingdom of Lithuania
[2] Other monarchs of Lithuania were referred to as grand dukes, kings or emperors in extant foreign written sources as the size of the realm and their power expanded or contracted.In Western Europe, the title of grand duke is reserved to monarchs of small polities and ranks junior to king and emperor.The Catholic crown was to be received from the Pope or Holy Roman Emperor, but being multireligious and powerful, Lithuania was not subservient to either and with rare exceptions did not pursue the title.At the Congress of Lutsk in 1430, Sigismund, King of Hungary who was yet to be elected Holy Roman Emperor, offered Vytautas the crown and proclaimed Lithuania a (presumably subservient) kingdom.[10] The Kingdom of Lithuania was a client-state of the German Empire, and following Germany's defeat in World War I in the fall of 1918, the idea of a monarchy was abandoned in favor of a democratic republic.
Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)KernavėLithuanianOld East SlavicCatholicismBaltic paganismEastern Orthodox ChurchGovernmentHereditary feudal absolute monarchyMindaugasIlgasisDuchy of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of Lithuaniasovereign stateking of LithuaniaLithuanian monarchBaltic tribesOld PrussiansGediminasChristianizationVytautasŠvitrigailaCouncil of LithuaniaHistory of Lithuania (1219–1295)Bishop of RomeTautvilasEdivydasLivonian OrderBishop of ChełmnoPope Innocent IVPope Alexander IVSamogitiaTreniotaBattle of SkuodasBattle of DurbeMongol invasion of LithuaniapaganismChristianization of Lithuaniacommemorative coinVytautas the GreatCongress of LutskSigismundJogailaTeutonic OrderUnion of LublinPolish–Lithuanian CommonwealthKings of PolandPolish Crowndeclared independenceDuke of UrachMindaugas IIKingdom of Lithuaniaclient-stateGerman EmpireLithuania properClarendon PressFrost, RobertLithuaniaarticlesHistoryLithuania MinorGrand Duchy1219–1295Lithuanian CrusadePress banNational RevivalGreat Seimas of VilniusAmber DeclarationAct of IndependenceWars of IndependenceLithuanian–Soviet WarPolish–Lithuanian War1919 Polish coup d'état attempt1926 coup d'étatOccupation of the Baltic statesby the Soviet Union (1940)by Nazi Germanyby the Soviet Union (1944)HolocaustResistanceSecond Soviet republicGuerrilla warLithuanian partisansBaltic states under Soviet rule (1944–1991)Government-in-exileReform Movement (Sąjūdis)Baltic WayAct of Re-EstablishmentSoviet economic blockade of LithuaniaJanuary Events2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendumEU accessionGeographyCitiescapitalExtreme pointsForestsRegional parksRiversSuwałki GapPoliticsAdministrative divisionscountiesmunicipalitieseldershipsConstitutionConstitutional CourtElectionsForeign relationsPrime MinisterLaw enforcementHuman rightsPolitical partiesSeimas parliamentSpeakerMilitaryLand ForceNaval ForceAir ForceSpecial Operations ForceEconomyAgricultureCentral banke-ResidencyEnergyTelecommunications