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[[File:Unia w Krewie.JPG|thumb|Painting commemorating Polish–Lithuanian union; ca. 1861. The [[motto]] reads "Eternal union".]]
The '''Polish–Lithuanian Union''' was a relationship created by a series of acts and alliances between the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]] and the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] that lasted for prolonged periods of time from 1385 and led to the creation of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], or the "Republic of the Two Nations", in 1569 and eventually to the creation of a unitary state in 1791.<ref name="Catholic Encyclopedia">[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12181a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia - Poland]</ref>
Important events in the process of union included:
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