// Middle Ages
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Period
- AD 1220 – AD 1449
- Duration
- approx. 229 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1375
- Area (max.)
- approx. 811,000 km²
Period and duration
Grand Duchy of Lithuania — according to the map data from AD 1220 to AD 1449, roughly 229 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Grand Duchy of Lithuania — greatest extent around AD 1375: the mapped borders then cover about 811,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1219)
- Kievan Rus'
- Principality of Chernigov
- Principality of Pereyaslavl
- Principality of Galicia-Volhynia
After
- Crimean Khanate
Neighbours around AD 1375
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Blue Horde
- Novgorod Republic
- Holy Roman Empire
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Poland
- Kingdom of Bohemia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1375 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.