The declaration of the Warsaw Confederation was approved on January 28, 1573, at the Convocation Sejm held in Warsaw after the heirless death of King Zygmunt II August (Sigismund II Augustus) and prior to the first free election of a monarch. The Sejm was convoked in order to lay down the principles for electing the… Continue reading The Warsaw Confederation
This document on Polish-Lithuanian union was drawn up in the city of Piotrków on October 3, 1501, and was then confirmed on October 30, 1501, in the eastern city of Mielnik, by Aleksander Jagiellończyk (Alexander Jagiellon), Grand Duke of Lithuania, in connection with his election to the throne of Poland. Aleksander sought the Polish crown… Continue reading Union of Mielnik (the Privilege of Aleksander, Grand Duke of Lithuania)
