The Ruthenian nobility (Ukrainian: Руська шляхта, romanized: Ruska shlyakhta; Belarusian: Руская шляхта, romanized: Ruskaja šlachta; Polish: szlachta ruska)...

the predations of the Reformation. While the Ruthenian nobility had equal rights with the Polish nobility, by the fifteenth century their ranks had been...

century Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church, one of the 23 particular (sui iuris) Eastern Catholic Churches Ruthenian nobility, East Slavic nobility of the...

Ruthenian (ру́скаꙗ мо́ва or ру́скїй ѧзы́къ;[failed verification] see also other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely related group of East Slavic...

Ruthenian and Ruthene are exonyms of Latin origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common ethnonyms for East Slavs, particularly during...

were not in fact noble by birth. Szlachta also denotes the Ruthenian and Lithuanian nobility from before the old Commonwealth. In the past, a misconception...

titles in 1549. So high a title was rare among the szlachta (the Polish nobility): just five Polish families, including the Radziwiłłs, received the title...

Lithuanian nobility Maltese nobility Montenegrin nobility Norwegian nobility Polish nobility Magnates Portuguese nobility Russian nobility Boyars Ruthenian nobility...

or Карпатьскы Русины, romanized: Karpatorusynŷ or Karpaťskŷ Rusynŷ), Ruthenians, or Rusnaks (Rusyn: Руснакы or Руснаци, romanized: Rusnakŷ or Rusnacy)...

self-proclaimed hetman. He led two consecutive rebellions against the local Ruthenian nobility, known as the Kosiński uprising. The Kosiński uprising (1591–1593)...

of the local Lithuanian nobility, Polish was introduced as the official language instead of the previously existing Ruthenian language. In the 18th century...

Ratomskis, were also Ruthenian. His family had become Polonized as early as the 16th century. Like most Polish–Lithuanian nobility of the time, the Kościuszkos...

of the Polish nobility (Polish: szlachcic), magnate. August became major-general of the Polish Army in 1729, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in...

language and Catholicism became dominant for the Ruthenian nobility, most of whom were initially Ruthenian-speaking and Eastern Orthodox by religion. However...

increasingly Polonized nobilities of territories controlled by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, including Ducal Prussia and the Ruthenian lands. The Polish–Lithuanian...

and all Ruthenia was an ecclesiastical territory or archeparchy of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, a particular Eastern Catholic church. It was erected in...

boast of personal connections and relationships with many members of the nobility, including Emperor Maximilian I. In late 1498, Glinsky returned to Lithuania...

since 1533, starost of Lwów since 1534, voivode of Podole Voivodship since 1535, voivode of Ruthenian Voivodship since 1542 and starost of Sambor. v t e...

and Ruthenia Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth Kingdom of Ruthenia Ruthenian (disambiguation) Ruthenian nobility Polish National Government (January...

Sioło. In 1522, he became castellan of Wojnicz; in 1527, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodeship; in 1535, voivode of the Kraków Voivodeship. In 1536, he became...

Józef Boruwłaski (November 1739–September 5, 1837) was a Polish-born dwarf who was employed by the court and who was also a musician who toured in European...

Ruthenia, King of Rus', King of Galicia and Lodomeria, Lord and Heir of Ruthenian Lands (Latin: Rex Rusiae, Rex Ruthenorum, Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae,...

father was murdered in 1607, Mohyla and his mother sought refuge in the Ruthenian Voivodeship, part of Lesser Poland. For a time, they lived in Kamianets-Podilskyi...

(1875–1953), an Austro-Hungarian nobleman of old Polonized Catholic Ruthenian nobility. Eva was born in Budapest and moved to Vienna in 1918; she chose to...

introduced there. Among the settlers was also a petty nobility. Ruthenian, just like Lithuanian, nobility was attracted by the Polish culture, which at that...

since 1660, the Grand Camp Leader of the Crown since 1661, voivode of the Ruthenian Voivodship since 1664, Field Crown Hetman since 1676, Great Crown Hetman...

Sirko's father is identified as a Ukrainian of either Ruthenian or Cossack Orthodox nobility. Sirko's mother is identified as a native of Podolia, but...

Stanisław Żółkiewski (Polish pronunciation: [staˈɲiswav ʐuwˈkʲɛfskʲi]; 1547 – 7 October 1620) was a Polish nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, a magnate...

Polish heraldry is an integral part of the history of the Polish szlachta (nobility). Unlike Western Europe, in Poland, the Polish nobles szlachta did not...

Prince Krzysztof Zbaraski (Polish: Krzysztof Zbaraski, Ukrainian: Христофор Збаразький, 1580 – 6 March 1627) was a Polish–Lithuanian member of the gentry...