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The Kingdom of Lithuania was a Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
n monarchy
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
 which existed from 1251 to roughly 1263.

The status of a kingdom was granted by Pope Innocent IV
Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254....
, when the state was placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome
Bishop of Rome

The Bishop of Rome is the Bishop of the Holy See, more often referred to in the Catholic Church tradition as the Pope. The first Bishop of Rome to bear the title of "Pope" was Pope Boniface III in 607, the first to assume the title of "Universal Bishop" by decree of Phocas....
, on July 17, 1251. Two years later, the Lithuanian ruler Mindaugas
Mindaugas

Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians....
 was crowned as the King of Lithuania
King of Lithuania

King of Lithuania, the title of rulers of Lithuanian state recognised by the Pope. The first of them was King Mindaugas who founded the Christian Kingdom of Lithuania; his successors, however, were known as Grand Duke of Lithuania, as Lithuania reverted to paganism until the end of 14th century....
. In 1259, Mongols
Mongols

The name Mongol specifies one or several ethnic groups, now mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia....
 under Burundai
Burundai

Burundai or Buruldai was a notable Mongol general of the mid XIII century. He participated in the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mongol invasion of Europe in 1236-1242....
 invaded the southern border of the kingdom, sacking a few towns and defeating a Lithuanian army. After the assassination of Mindaugas and his sons in 1263, the country reverted to paganism
Lithuanian mythology

Lithuanian mythology is an example of paganism mythology containing archaic elements, developed by Lithuanians throughout the centuries....
, and its status of a kingdom was lost.

There was also an attempt by Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great

Vytautas the Great , was one of the most famous rulers of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the title Didysis Kunigaik?tis, the equivalent of Monarch, he was the supreme ruler of his dominions and also a member of the Order of the Dragon....
 (ruled 1401–1430) to receive a royal crown.






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The Kingdom of Lithuania was a Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
n monarchy
Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which supreme power is absolutely or nominally lodged in an individual, who is the head of state, often for Life tenure or until abdication, and "is wholly set apart from all other members of the state." The person who heads a monarchy is called a monarch....
 which existed from 1251 to roughly 1263.

The status of a kingdom was granted by Pope Innocent IV
Pope Innocent IV

Pope Innocent IV, born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was pope from June 28, 1243, to December 7, 1254....
, when the state was placed under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome
Bishop of Rome

The Bishop of Rome is the Bishop of the Holy See, more often referred to in the Catholic Church tradition as the Pope. The first Bishop of Rome to bear the title of "Pope" was Pope Boniface III in 607, the first to assume the title of "Universal Bishop" by decree of Phocas....
, on July 17, 1251. Two years later, the Lithuanian ruler Mindaugas
Mindaugas

Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians....
 was crowned as the King of Lithuania
King of Lithuania

King of Lithuania, the title of rulers of Lithuanian state recognised by the Pope. The first of them was King Mindaugas who founded the Christian Kingdom of Lithuania; his successors, however, were known as Grand Duke of Lithuania, as Lithuania reverted to paganism until the end of 14th century....
. In 1259, Mongols
Mongols

The name Mongol specifies one or several ethnic groups, now mainly located in Mongolia, China, and Russia....
 under Burundai
Burundai

Burundai or Buruldai was a notable Mongol general of the mid XIII century. He participated in the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mongol invasion of Europe in 1236-1242....
 invaded the southern border of the kingdom, sacking a few towns and defeating a Lithuanian army. After the assassination of Mindaugas and his sons in 1263, the country reverted to paganism
Lithuanian mythology

Lithuanian mythology is an example of paganism mythology containing archaic elements, developed by Lithuanians throughout the centuries....
, and its status of a kingdom was lost.

There was also an attempt by Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great

Vytautas the Great , was one of the most famous rulers of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. With the title Didysis Kunigaik?tis, the equivalent of Monarch, he was the supreme ruler of his dominions and also a member of the Order of the Dragon....
 (ruled 1401–1430) to receive a royal crown. He was proclaimed king, and Lithuania a kingdom, by Emperor Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund was Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, and the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also one of the longest ruling King of Hungary, reigning for fifty years from 1387 to 1437....
 in 1430, but the royal crown, which was sent by Sigismund to Vytautas, was intercepted by Polish noblemen
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
. Soon afterwards Vytautas died, without being crowned as king. During the 20th century, there was an attempt to recreate the Lithuanian kingdom as a German client state
Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)

The Kingdom of Lithuania was a short lived constitutional monarchy created towards the end of the First World War when Lithuania was under German occupation....
, with Mindaugas II as King of Lithuania
King of Lithuania

King of Lithuania, the title of rulers of Lithuanian state recognised by the Pope. The first of them was King Mindaugas who founded the Christian Kingdom of Lithuania; his successors, however, were known as Grand Duke of Lithuania, as Lithuania reverted to paganism until the end of 14th century....
 , that was renounced by the Act of Independence of Lithuania
Act of Independence of Lithuania

The Act of Independence of Lithuania or Act of February 16 was signed by the Council of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, proclaiming the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania, governed by democracy principles, with Vilnius as its capital....
.

See also

  • Duchy of Lithuania
    Duchy of Lithuania

    Duchy of Lithuania was a state-territorial formation of ethnic Lithuanians, that existed from the 12th century until 1413. Most of the time it was a constituent part and a nucleus of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania....
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
  • Lithuania proper
    Lithuania proper

    Lithuania proper refers to a region which existed within Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The primary meaning is identical to the Duchy of Lithuania, a land around which Grand Duchy of Lithuania evolved....