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Knight class (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth)

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The knight class[a] was a class of nobility in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a state that existed from 16th to 18th centuries. It included the nobility that did not held the senatorial offices.[1][2] It was represented in the General Sejm by the Chamber of Deputies.[3]

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  1. ^ Polish: Stan rycerski; Latin: Ordo Equestris

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  1. ^ Jolanta Choińska-Mika: Sejmiki mazowieckie w dobie Wazów, Warsaw 1998, p. 56.
  2. ^ Volumina Legum, vol. 8, Saint Petersburg, 1860.
  3. ^ Franciszek Piekosiński: Wiece, sejmiki, sejmy i przywileje ziemskie w Polsce wieków średnich, Kraków, 1900, p. 5.


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