Nobilitation
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Nobilitation means the act of making one a noble - member of nobility social class. Depending on time and region, various laws governed who and how could be nobilitaded.
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Kingdom of Poland
In the kingdom of Poland and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, nobilitation (nobilitacja) meant the joining of szlachta (Polish nobility). It was granted by the monarch, who gave the ennobled person coat of arms. Sometimes that person could join the existing noble szlachta family with their own coat of arms.
Polish ancient law recongized also the terms:
- Indygenat - recognizing of foregin noble status. The foreign noble, after indygenat, received all priviliges of a Polish szlachcic. In Polish history, 413 foreign noble families were recognized. From 1578 this was done by king and Sejm (Polish parliament), after 1641 it was done by Sejm only.
- Skartabelat - introduced by pacta conventa of 1669, a form of semi-nobility. Skartebelats could not hold public offices or be members of the Sejm for 3 generations.
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