The szlachta (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂlaxta] ; Lithuanian: šlėkta; lit. 'nobility') were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand...

consolidation of power by the szlachta (noble class) over other social classes and over the monarchical political system. In time, the szlachta accumulated enough...

The szlachta (Polish: szlachta, [ˈʂlaxta] ) was a privileged social class in the Kingdom of Poland. The term szlachta was also used for the Lithuanian...

bicameral Parliament, held legislative power; its lower house was elected by szlachta nobles comprising some 15% of the population. A constitutional statute...

Andrzej Szlachta (born 19 January 1947) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 13,824 votes in 23 Rzeszów district...

(Lithuanian: bajorija) or szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės šlėkta, Polish: szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa...

Janina is a Polish nobility clan coat-of-arms. Borne by several noble families descended in the-male line from the medieval lords of Janina (the eponyms...

Marszałek szlachty) was an institution of self-government of the nobility (szlachta) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth which existed in Polish lands acquired...

confederation, confederacy) were ad hoc associations formed by the nobility (szlachta), clergy, and municipalities to pursue their stated aims or act in place...

Łubki-Szlachta [ˈwupki ˈʂlaxta] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojciechów, within Lublin County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland...

Rawa (Rawicz), is a coat of arms of Polish origin. It was borne by several noble families of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russian Empire and Ukraine...

shlyakhta; Belarusian: Руская шляхта, romanized: Ruskaja šlachta; Polish: szlachta ruska) originated in the territories of Kievan Rus' and Galicia–Volhynia...

of a permanent agreement made in 1573 between the "Polish nation" (the szlachta, or nobility, of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) and a newly-elected...

The privileges of the szlachta (Poland's nobility) formed a cornerstone of "Golden Liberty" in the Kingdom of Poland (before 1569) and, later, in the Polish–Lithuanian...

from the family of the Counts Pierzchała-Umiastowski. He was marshal of szlachta in Ashmyany. His property was: Żemłosław, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, now...

Szlachta [ˈʂlaxta] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osieczna, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland....

nobility (the szlachta). Some monarchs attempted to push through the elections of their chosen heirs during their lives. The szlachta resisted these...

Swieńczyc is a Polish Coat of Arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Notable bearers of this...

The House of Jabłonowski is a Polish szlachta (nobility) family. The history of the family starts in the 16th century when members of the Wichulski family...

A heraldic clan (ród herbowy), in Poland, comprised all the noble (szlachta) bearers of the same coat of arms. The members of a heraldic clan were not...

by the nobility (szlachta) and by rich peasants (singular: sołtys), but the sołtys positions were eventually taken over by the szlachta. The term folwark...

(plural: Wielopolscy, feminine form: Wielopolska) was a Polish noble family (szlachta), magnates in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Wielopolski family used...

Ossorya is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Notable bearers of this...

Szembek is a Polish coat of arms used by the Szembek szlachta family in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. This family originated from Tyrol...

Świńka (Polish for "Boar") is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several szlachta (noble) families. The Świńka dynasty possesses one of the oldest recorded...

Commonwealth. It was the dominant Baroque culture and ideology of the nobility (szlachta) that existed in the time from the Renaissance to the early 18th century...

List of szlachta List of Polish titled nobility Magnates of Poland and Lithuania Karl Friedrich von Frank, Standeserhebungen und Gnadenakte für das Deutsche...

Commonwealth, it was one of the szlachta's privileges, stating that the king could neither punish nor imprison any member of the szlachta without a viable court...

Niesobia, is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several old szlachta families in the times of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. This coat of arms...

Kassa was a set of concessions made by Louis I of Hungary to the Polish szlachta (nobility) in 1374. The privileges were granted in Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary...