Stolnic was a boier rank and the position at the court

Noble court

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 in the history of Romania

Romania

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: in Moldavia

Moldavia

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 and Wallachia

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. The title approximately corresponds to seneschal

Seneschal

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 and is borrowed from the Slavic title stolnik

Stolnik

Stolnik was a court office in Poland and Muscovy, responsible for serving the royal table.- Stolnik in Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania : In Crown of Poland under the first Piast dukes and kings, this was a court office....

(from the word stol, "table") a person in charge of the royal table.

The title mare stolnic means "great stolnic", or "Chief Seneschal".

The first documented usages of the title date to 1392 in Wallachia and 1393 in Moldavia.

Notable stolnics

• Constantin Cantacuzino (cca. 1650-1716), stolnic, diplomat, historian and geographer.

See also

Stolnik

Stolnik

Stolnik was a court office in Poland and Muscovy, responsible for serving the royal table.- Stolnik in Crown of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania : In Crown of Poland under the first Piast dukes and kings, this was a court office....

, a noble rank in Poland

Poland

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, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy.