Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Founded | 1569 |
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Area | 815000 |
Historical era | Early modern period |
Legislature | General sejm |
Capitals | Kraków |
Warsaw | |
Government | Constitutional monarchy, Elective monarchy, Hereditary Monarchy |
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ID | 2357676 |
About Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – formally, the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and, after 1791, the Commonwealth of Poland – was a dual state, a bi-confederation of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.