Stefan Chmielecki
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Stefan Chmielecki was a Polish-Lithuanian noble
and voivode of Kiev (1629–1630).
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
and voivode of Kiev (1629–1630).