Sigismund II Augustus4 July 1567
Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin
Poland · Government / Government of Poland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Sigismund II Augustus signs the Act of Lublin
Under the Union of Lublin the Monarch will govern with a common Senate and Parliament (the Sejm). The Union of Lublin strengthens the Polishn Commonwealth by uniting Poland & Lithuania. The Commonwealth is ruled by an elected monarch carrying out the duties of Polish King & Grand Duke of Lithuania
The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the 3rd May
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