Szlachta
noble class of Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Summary
Szlachta is a social class[1]. Szlachta draws 6,096 Wikipedia views per month (social class category, ranking #15 of 121).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Crown of the Kingdom of Poland[3], Grand Duchy of Lithuania[4], Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[5], Second Polish Republic[6], Poland[7]
- Instance of: Gentlemen's class[8]
- Subclass of: nobility[9]
- Commons category: Nobility of Poland[10]
- Has part(s): Gołota[11], Magnate[12], pán[13], Silesian Szlachta[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1921[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Polish nobility[16]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20]
- Main Wikidata property: P3716[21]
- Different from: Szlachta[22]
- Indigenous to: Silesia[23]
- Has part(s) of the class: Szlachta family[24], Silesian Szlachta[25]
- Catchphrase: Szlachetne serce[26]
- Characteristic of: Grand Duchy of Lithuania[27], Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth[28], Second Polish Republic[29], Kingdom of Poland[30]
Why It Matters
Szlachta has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Szlachta is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]