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hetman
thumb|Grand Crown Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski by [[Marcello Bacciarelli, 1781]] Hetman is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders (comparable to a field marshal or imperial marshal in the Holy Roman Empire). First used by the Czechs in Bohemia in the 15th century, it was the title of the second-highest military commander after the king in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 16th to 18th centuries. Hetman was also the title of the head of the Cossack state in Ukraine after the Khmelnytsky Uprising of
stolnik
Stolnik (, , , , ) was a court office in Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia, responsible for serving the royal table, then an honorary court title and a district office. It approximately corresponds to English term "pantler".
khorunzhy
military rank in Poland and Ukraine
Chancellor of Poland
historic position in Poland
wojski
thumb|Wojski Hreczecha from Pan Tadeusz) A wojski (; Medieval Latin: tribunus, hence sometimes rendered into English as tribune) was an officer in medieval Poland and later in Lithuania, responsible for the security of voivodeships or districts at times when voivods and castellans had accompanied the szlachta (nobility) to war.
cześnik
REDIRECT Cup-bearer#Poland and Lithuania
miecznik
Polish office
łowczy
court official in charge of royal or princely hunt
Podstoli
Deputy pantler (Lithuanian: pastalininkis, Polish: podstoli) was a court office in Poland and Lithuania. They were the deputy of a pantler, and was responsible for the King's and Grand Duke's pantry.
Podczaszy
Podskarbi
thumb|Seal of the Grand Treasurer of Lithuania Jerzy Detloff Flemming in 1757 Podskarbi in the Kingdom of Poland and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was minister responsible for the treasury. Since 1569 also a senatorial office. The title although meaning treasurer can be deconstructed as "under[King]-treasury" – treasury as an old-fashioned adjective. One other title was formed in the same way: "podkomorzy" – not meaning vice.
Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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