Sobański Palace In Guzów
The Sobański, plural: Sobańscy, feminine form: Sobańska is a Polish noble family. The family originated from Masovia, taking their name from the village Sobania and Sobanice in the land of Wyszogród and Ciechanów. Connected with the families Bieliński, Łubieński, Jełowicki, Borukowski and Gostkowski. History In the 15th century the Sobański family split into two lines: the "''Ciechanowska''" (older line) and "''Wyszogrodzka''" (younger line), the latter one used the nickname ''Ścibor''. One branch of the Ścibor-Sobański settled in Pomerania, another one in Volhynia and Podolia. In 1880 Feliks Sobański from Podolia,Polski Słownik Biograficzny t. 39 s. 422 founder of the "Masovian line" of the family, received the hereditary title of Count from Pope Leo XIII. Notable family members * Antoni Sobański * Feliks Sobański * Jarosław Marek Sobański * Małgorzata Sobańska * Remigiusz Sobański * Stanisław Sobański * Teodor Sobański Coat of arms The Sobań ...
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Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the state, exercising extensive political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce"
''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. Traditionally, its members owned land (allods),
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