State · 1561 – 1621
Duchy of Livonia
A state of 1561 – 1621 — 60 years in Europe. It replaced Terra Mariana and Free City of Riga. It was replaced by Swedish Livonia. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 60 years
- 1561 – 1621
- Rulers
- 5
- the Grand Duke of Livonia
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Terra Mariana · replaces · 1207 – 1561
- Free City of Riga · replaces
After it
- Swedish Livonia · replaced by
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigismund II Augustus | 1561 – 1572 | 11 years | ending not on record | |
| Henry III of France | 1573 – 1575 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Anna Jagiellon | 1576 – 1586 | 10 years | ending not on record | |
| Stephen Báthory | 1576 – 1586 | 10 years | ending not on record | spouse |
| Sigismund III Vasa | 1588 – 1621 | 33 years | ending not on record |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1561 – 1621. Median reign 10 years. 1 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Livonia · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood60 years
stood longer than 37% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1551 – 1631, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1591, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1352878 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.