• Source: Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania

The princely houses of Poland and Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) could not be granted noble titles by the King in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as hereditary titles, with some exceptions, were largely forbidden. Therefore, the title of prince either dated to the times before the Union of Lublin, which created the Commonwealth in 1569, or was granted to some nobles (usually magnates) by foreign kings. Due to the longstanding history of common statehood, some noble families often described as "Polish" actually originated in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and are of Lithuanian or Ruthenian descent.




Kingdom of Poland






Duchy of Pomerania






Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth






= Old Lithuanian Gediminid and Ruthenian (Rurikid) Princely Houses

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= Princely Houses with Tatar origin

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These princely houses lived like average rich nobility, but sometimes part of these lived like peasants.




Princely titles granted by foreign monarchs






Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)






See also


List of Polish rulers
List of szlachta
List of Polish titled nobility
Magnates of Poland and Lithuania




References






Further reading


Konarski S., 1958, Armorial de la noblesse polonaise titrée, Paris.
Kowalski M., 2007, Księstwa w przestrzeni politycznej I Rzeczpospolitej, [w:] I. Kiniorska, S. Sala (red.), Rola geografii społeczno-ekonomicznej w badaniach regionalnych, Instytut Geografii AŚ, PTG, Kielce, 2007, s. 177–186.
Leitgeber S., 1993, Nowy Almanach Błękitny, Oficyna Wydawnicza „Audiutor”, Poznań-Warszawa.
Olszewski H., 1969, Ustrój polityczny Rzeczpospolitej (w:) Tazbir J. (red.), Polska XVII wieku – państwo, społeczeństwo, kultura. Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa, s. 52-83
Niesiecki K., Herbarz Polski (Polish Armorial) full title: "Korona Polska przy złotey wolnosci starożytnemi Rycerstwa Polskiego y Wielkiego Xięstwa Litewskiego kleynotami naywyższymi Honorami Heroicznym, Męstwem y odwagą, Wytworną Nauką a naypierwey Cnotą, nauką Pobożnością, y Swiątobliwością ozdobiona Potomnym zaś wiekom na zaszczyt y nieśmiertelną sławę Pamiętnych w tey Oyczyźnie Synow podana TOM ... Przez X. Kaspra Niesieckego Societatis Jesu", Lwów, 1738.
"Korona Polska..." vol. 1
"Korona Polska..." vol. 2
"Korona Polska..." vol. 3
"Korona Polska..." vol. 4
Edition expanded by other authors: Herbarz Polski... vol. 4–10, published by Jan Nepomucen de Bobrowicz, Leipzig, 1841

Jasienica P., Myśli o dawnej Polsce, Warszawa: Czytelnik, 1990, ISBN 83-07-01957-5, OCLC 69526168
Klubówna A., Królowa Jadwiga. Warszawa 1986
Tęgowski J., Krąg rodzinny Jarosława Bogorii (w:) Genealogia – polska elita polityczna na tle porównawczym, Toruń 1993

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• Alexi Lubomirski
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