Union of Lublin, (1569), pact between Poland and Lithuania that united the two countries into a single state. After 1385 (in the Union of Krewo) the two countries had been under the same sovereign. But Sigismund II Augustus had no heirs; and the Poles, fearing that when he died the personal union. According to him, Poland's favour to Lithuania increased because of our country's declaration that Lithuania would not back potential European Union sanctions on Poland. "This was a truly important step, which helped Poland improve its relations with the European Commission. ROBERT FROST IN LUBLIN CASTLE on 1 July 1569, Sigismund August, king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania, formally enacted an act of union bringing his two realms, joined since 1386 in what the textbooks call a loose personal union, into a closer relationship with a common Sejm (parliament) and a common council. This was compounded by the extremely unfavourable geopolitical situation of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which, in the first half of the 18th century, was unable to resist the influence of neighbouring states. The potential of the Polish-Saxon Union was not exploited at all. Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. It's Time to Bring Back the Polish-Lithuanian Union A political construct created nearly 700 years ago offers solutions for Europe today. The Constitution of May 3, 1791 was adopted by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a joint nation founded in the 16th century, bringing the countries towards parliamentarism and constitutional monarchy. Critically, it also introduced equality between nobility and townsfolk. Origins Poland and Lithuania had close political ties before the 16th century. In fact, there had been a type of union between the two states since 1386 through royal marriages. However, the Polish-Lithuanian War The Polish-Lithuanian War (in Polish historiography, Polish-Lithuanian Conflict [6] [7]) was an undeclared war between newly independent Lithuania and Poland following World War I, which happened mainly, but not only, in the Vilnius and Suwałki regions. The war is viewed differently by the respective sides. In 1569, by the Union of Lublin, the dynastic link between Poland and Lithuania was transformed into a constitutional union of the two states as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. At the same time, the greater part of the Ukrainian territories was detached from Lithuania and annexed directly to Poland. The fact that Poland and Lithuania merged voluntarily and fraternally was of vital importance, as evidenced by the Manifestation of the Unity of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in Horodło. Although held in 1861, as Poland was under partitions at that time, the gathering was attended by 10,000 participants from all over the country. Poland and Lithuania have been linked together in this history because for 400 years (from the end of the 14th century to the end of the 18th) they were united - at first by a personal union under the king, and then by a full political union. As far as practicable this history is confined to that of Poland and Lithuania. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth started as a "personal union" of the King of Lithuanian in 1386, when Jagiello married the Polish queen Jadwiga (who died in childbirth). That is, the same "king," ruled both countries, separately, not as a unified country. Poland, 1634. Poland's territory in 1634, during the reign of Władysław IV Vasa. The dual Polish-Lithuanian state, Respublica, or "Commonwealth" (Polish: Rzeczpospolita), was one of the largest states in Europe. In the same year, the dynastic bond between Poland and Lithuania was transformed into a constitutional relationship by the Acts of the Lublin Diet, which described the Polish-Lithuanian state as a Commonwealth of Both Nations (Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów). 'Lithuania, my country!' - these words were written by Adam Mickiewicz, a Polish poet and independence activist, in the first half of the 19th century to refer to his homeland. While today, despite much political turmoil and after many years, similar exclamations can still be heard from the 200,000 or so Poles living in Lithuania. .

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