Duchy of Livonia
| Duchy of Livonia Herzogtum Livland (German) Uždauguvio kunigaikštystė (Lithuanian) Księstwo Zadźwińskie (Polish) Ducatus Ultradunensis (Latin) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vassal of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, then of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||||||||
| 1561–1629 | |||||||||||||
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth with its major subdivisions after the 1618 Truce of Deulino, superimposed on present-day national borders. Livonia here is coloured dark grey, upper-right, over modern Estonia and Latvia. Swedish Estonia is coloured green. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Fellin (Viljandi) | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 58°22′N 25°36′E / 58.367°N 25.600°E | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Type | Principality | ||||||||||||
| Grand Duke of Livonia | |||||||||||||
• 1561–1572 | Sigismund II Augustus | ||||||||||||
• 1573–1575 | Henry III de Valois | ||||||||||||
• 1576–1586 | Stephen Báthory and Anna Jagiellon | ||||||||||||
• 1588–1621 | Sigismund III Vasa | ||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1566–1578 | Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern Age | ||||||||||||
| 28 November 1561 | |||||||||||||
| 1620–1622 | |||||||||||||
| 25 September 1629 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox former subdivision with unknown parameter "religion"
| History of Latvia |
|---|
| Chronology |
| Latvia portal |
The Duchy of Livonia, also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia, was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that existed from 1561 to 1621. It corresponds to the present-day areas of northern Latvia (Vidzeme and Latgale) and southern Estonia.