Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)
- Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)
Infobox Former Country
native_name = Lietuvos Karalystė
conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Lithuania
common_name = Lithuania
continent = Europe
region = Baltic
country = Lithuania
era = World War I
status = Client state
empire = German Empire
status_text = Client of the German Empire
government_type = Monarchy
year_start = 1918
year_end = 1918
event_start = Lithuanian independence
date_start = February 16
event_end = Republic declared
date_end = November 2
event1 = Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
date_event1 = March 3, 1918
event2 = Recognized by Germany
date_event2 = March 23, 1918
event3 = Monarch elected
date_event3 = July 13, 1918
event_post = German surrender
date_post = November 9, 1918
p1 = Ober Ost
flag_p1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg
s1 = Lithuania
flag_s1 = Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg
image_map_caption =
legislature = Council of Lithuania
capital = Vilnius
national_motto =
national_anthem =
common_languages =
religion =
currency =
leader1 = Mindaugas II
title_leader = King
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. The Council of Lithuania had declared Lithuania's independence of February 16, 1918. Germany recognised Lithuania's independence on March 23, 1918. Four Months later on July 4, 1918 the Council of Lithuania voted to offer the throne to the German noble Duke Wilhelm of Urach although this was a controversial decision with many members leaving in protest. Duke Wilhelm accepted the offer on July 13, 1918 and took the name Mindaugas II. On November 2, 1918 the council changed the constitution replacing it with a republican one thereby ending the short reign of King Mindaugas II.
ee also
*Kingdom of Finland (1918)
*Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)
*Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918)
*United Baltic Duchy
*Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
References
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Lithuania.htm World Statesmen]
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