Duchy_of_Livonia
Duchy of Livonia
Vassal state of Lithuania (1561-1629) and later of Poland-Lithuania (1629-1721)
The Duchy of Livonia[2] (Polish: Księstwo Zadźwińskie or Księstwo Inflanckie;[3] Lithuanian: Livonijos kunigaikštystė; Latin: Ducatus Ultradunensis; Estonian: Liivimaa hertsogkond; Latvian: Pārdaugavas hercogiste; German: Herzogtum Livland), also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia (Polish: Inflanty[4]), was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that existed from 1561 to 1621. It corresponds to the present-day areas of northern Latvia and southern Estonia.