Kingdom of Lithuania (1918)

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The Kingdom of Lithuania was an attempt to establish an independent constitutional Lithuanian monarchy in 1918. It was created towards the end of World War I, while Lithuania was still under the military occupation of the German Imperial Army. The process of establishing Lithuania as a kingdom was conducted by the provisional Council of Lithuania, that had initially declared Lithuanian independence on 16 February 1918. Due to the continued presence of German military administration (Lithuania District), the Council was unable to form a government and other state institutions. The Germans presented various proposals to attach Lithuania to the German Empire, through personal union with the King of Prussia or some of the other ruling monarchs in the German Empire. The Lithuanians resisted this idea and hoped to achieve their independence by creating a separate constitutional monarchy. Trying to act autonomously and avoid personal union with any of the ruling German monarchs, leaders of the...

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