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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Lithuanian nobility (redirect from Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania)
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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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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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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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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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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