Title of Lithuanian Ruler Vytautas: When did Vytautas Start to Title Himself as the Grand Duke? by Loreta Skurvydaitė

“…When Jogaila became the king of Poland, the Lithuanian title of the Lithuanian ruler was combined with that of the Polish king. …”
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Richeza (c. 996-1063) – la reina consorte de Polonia – sabia o instigadora? by Anna Działak

“…Richeza (b. ca. 996 – d. 1063) was the wife of Mieszko II Lambert – the second King of Poland and the granddaughter of Otto II – the Holy Roman Emperor. …”
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„... was man in Dresden schauet,/ Und was AUGUST vollführt und bauet,/ Sieht man sonst nirgends auf der Welt“ Drážďany a Varšava v strategiích reprezentace moci Augusta Silného... by Iveta Coufalová

“… The relation of August the Strong (1670−1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, to Dresden and Warsaw and comparing his approach to these centres of Saxony-Poland during the Great Nothern War (1699/1700−1721) are realy thought-provoking topics. …”
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Some notes about the books of Žygimantas Augustas in the Vilnius University Library by Alma Braziūnienė

“… The article deals with the fate of the famous book collection of Sigismundus Augustus (1520-1572), Lithuanian Grand Duke and King of Poland. The private library of Sigismundus Augustus was a typical Renaissance library, comprising remarkable books on medicine, law, philosophy, literature, etc. …”
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Botany at Stefan Batory University in Vilna (Wilno, Vilnius) (1919–1939) by Alicja Zemanek, Piotr Köhler

“… The university in Vilna (in Polish: Wilno, now: Vilnius, Lithuania), founded in 1579, by Stefan Batory (Stephen Báthory), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, was a centre of Polish botany in 1780–1832 and 1919–1939. …”
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Diplomacy and Recruitment of Mercenaries before the Battle of Žalgiris by Sven Ekdahl

“…Some thousand mercenaries had arrived too late or had offered their war service to the king of Poland instead of to the Grand Master of the Order. …”
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Title and power of the ruler of Lithuania during the end of the fourteenth up to the middle of the fifteenth century by Loreta Skurvydaitė

“…According to the agreements between Jogaila, the king of Poland and Vytautas, the latter acquired the title of the duke of 'Irakai first, followed by duke of Lithuania and finally the Grand Duke. …”
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Projects of the Franco-Swedish Alliance against the Russian State in 1572–1575 by S. M. Ryabov

“…It is hypothesized that this alliance plan was opposed by Henry of Anjou, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, who sought to avoid direct conflict with the Russian state. …”
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The Fake Diary of a Historical Figure: Klementyna Tańska-Hoffmanowa’s Journal of Countess Françoise Krasińska (1825) by Magdalena Ożarska

“…The long separation was largely due to the character of the Prince, who had hoped to become King of Poland, which however never materialised. They had only one daughter, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, who in due course became the grandmother of Victor Emanuel II, the first king of united Italy. …”
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Dlaczego w czasach jagiellońskich zanika w Polsce pieczęć majestatyczna? by Michał Knapik

“…In researching this issue, the author places the symbolic meaning of the majestic seal and its use against the background of the political changes in the Poland of the Late Middle Ages and the visual representation of the kings of Poland and the royal rituals at the turn of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era. …”
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Emotional pressure and violence in the milieu of the nobility in the Saxon era of the Polish-Lithuaninan Commonwealth by Agnieszka Słaby

“…The Saxon times, coming under the reign of two Saxon electors chosen for the kings of Poland ‒ Augustus II (died 1733) and his son Fryderyk August III (died 1763), is an interesting period of decline of baroque customs and culture that began to transform under the influence of the Enlightenment ideas of the mid-18th century. …”
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