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szlachta
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Szlachta
The
szlachta
(,
exonym
:
Nobility
) was a
legally privileged
noble
class
with origins in the
Kingdom of Poland
. It gained considerable institutional privileges between 1333 and 1370 during the reign of King
Casimir III the Great
. In 1413, following a series of tentative
personal unions
between the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
and the Crown Kingdom of Poland, the existing
Lithuanian nobility
formally joined this class. As the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1569–1795) evolved and expanded in territory, its membership grew to include the leaders of
Ducal Prussia
,
Podolian
and
Ruthenian
lands.
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