List of rulers of Lithuania
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was established by Union of Lublin in 1569. The elected King of Poland was to be elected by Lithuanian noble families as a Grand Duke of Lithuania (until then Lithuanian dukedom was hereditary).

List of rulers of Lithuania

Section Title: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)
Table Section Text: The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was established by Union of Lublin in 1569. The elected King of Poland was to be elected by Lithuanian noble families as a Grand Duke of Lithuania (until then Lithuanian dukedom was hereditary).

Term	Incumbent	Image	House	Remarks

1569–1572	Sigismund II Augustus	Sigismundus II Augustus of Poland.PNG	Jagiellon	Son of Sigismund I the Old.

1573–1575	Henry Valois	Bacciarelli - Henri.jpeg	Valois	He abandoned the throne and fled to France where he was crowned as French King Henry III.

1575-1586/1596	Anna I Jagiellon	Kober Anna Jagiellon as a widow	Jagiellon	Daughter of Sigismund I the Old.

1576–1586	Stephen Báthory	Stefan Batory 11.PNG	Báthory	Received title by jure uxoris since he was married to Anna Jagiellon; Báthory

1588–1632	Sigismund III Vasa	Bacciarelli - Zygmunt III.jpeg	Vasa	Proponent of a personal union between The Republic and Sweden, King of Sweden between 1592 and 1599.

1632–1648	Ladislaus IV Vasa	Wladislaus IV of Poland.PNG

1648–1668	John II Casimir Vasa	Bacciarelli - Jan Kazimierz.jpeg	Abdicated and became a monk, last of the Vasa dynasty in Poland-Lithuania.

1669–1673	Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki	Bacciarelli - Michał.jpeg	Lithuanian nobility

1674–1696	John III Sobieski	John III Sobieski of Poland.PNG	Polish szlachta

1697–1706	Augustus II the Strong	-	Wettin	also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I.

1706–1709	Stanisław Leszczyński	-	Polish szlachta	Great Northern War.

1709–1733	Augustus II the Strong	-	Wettin	also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I.

1733–1736	Stanisław Leszczyński	-	Polish szlachta	War of Polish Succession.

1733–1763	August III Wettin	-	Wettin

1764–1795	Stanislaus August II	Stanisław II August Poniatowski in coronation clothes.PNG	Polish szlachta	During his reign the merger of the Grand Duchy with the Kingdom of Poland was passed in 1791; abdicated following the Partitions of Poland; died in exile in Russia.

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Stephen Báthory was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1576 and Queen Anna's husband.
Stephen Báthory was Anna Jagiellon's husband and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Stephen Báthory was a Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1576.

final_sentence: Stephen Báthory was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1576 and Queen Anna's husband.
final_sentence: Stephen Báthory was Anna Jagiellon's husband and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
final_sentence: Stephen Báthory was a Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1576.