Lithuanian nobility

Lithuanian dynasty that ruled in Poland, Lithuania, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia

upright=1.25|thumb|Szlachta in costumes of the voivodeships of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th and 18th century.]] upright=1.25|thumb|right|Journey of a Magnates of Poland and Lithuania|Polish Lord During the Times of King [[Augustus III of Poland, by Jan Chełmiński, 1880.]] thumb|right|Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, a nobleman from 18th century Poland and the Enlightenment

thumb|Polish magnate [[Jan Zamoyski (1542-1605) dressed in a crimson delia over a blue silk żupan, and tied with a pas kontuszowy. The right hand holds a buława.]] Żupan (; , , , , ) is a long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by male nobles in the multi-ethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate. It was a typical upper class male attire from the late 16th to the first half of the 18th century.

thumb|Polish noble Stanisław Antoni Szczuka (1652–1710) in a representative national Polish outfit. A red kontusz tied with a [[pas kontuszowy. Underneath a żupan with a low collar. Left hand holds a fur cap with a low band. Characteristic hair and moustache. Unknown artist.]] thumb|Noble Zaporozhian Cossacks|Ukrainian Cossack in a yellow [[żupan and red kontusz.]] A kontusz is a type of outer garment worn by the Hungarian and Polish–Lithuanian male nobility. It became popular in the 16th century and came to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth rule via Hungary from Turkey. In the 17th century,

cloth sash used for girding a kontusz (a robe-like garment)

legally privileged class in Lithuania