Attempts To Reestablish The Kingdom
There was an attempt by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great (ruled 1392–1430) to receive the royal crown. At the time, He was proclaimed king, and Lithuania a kingdom, by Emperor Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor in 1430, but the royal crown, which was sent by Sigismund to Vytautas, was intercepted by Polish noblemen. Soon afterwards Vytautas died, without being crowned as king.
After Lithuania declared independence in February 1918, the monarchy was reestablished and the 2nd Duke of Urach was invited to become King Mindaugas II. However, the monarchy was short-lived and Mindaugas II never visited Lithuania. The Kingdom of Lithuania was a client-state of the German Empire and following Germany's defeat in World War I in fall 1918, the idea of a monarchy was abandoned in favor of a democratic republic.
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