Union of Grodno (1566)

The Union of Grodno established a real union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Duchy of Livonia on 25 December 1566, during the Livonian War. Livonia had submitted itself to Sigismund II Augustus by the Treaty of Vilnius (1561). Livonia's administrative division was re-organized with its castellans becoming members of the Lithuanian senate. The union did not impact Livonian jurisdiction, which was to be carried out according to its traditional customs.

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Campaigns and treaties of the Livonian War (1558–83)

Campaigns	Narva (1558) Ergeme Ula Reval (1571–72) Wesenberg Reval (1576–77) Wenden (1577–78) Narva (1581) Radziwiłł's raid (1581) Báthory's campaign (1577–82) (Pskov)

Treaties	Pozvol Vilnius (1559) Novgorod Vilnius (1561) Mozhaysk Dorpat Grodno Roskilde¹ Stettin¹ Drohiczyn Jam Zapolski Narva-Plussa

¹ Treaties primarily concerning the Northern Seven Years' War which contain agreements regarding Livonia

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