Magnate

For a wealthy or powerful business baron, executive, or tycoon, see business magnate

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Magnate is a title of nobility commonly used in Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and some other medieval empires. This term appears to take particular significance when considering the post carolingian area in the early medieval period.

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In medieval times, a bishop sometimes held territory as a magnate, collecting revenue of the manors and the associated knight's fees. The income was superior compared with the wage of other common peasants.

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Sweden: The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ') is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east. Sweden has a low populatio...

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Republic of the Two Nations, or Republic of Both Nations (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narod?w, Lithuanian: ?e?pospolita or Abiej? taut? respublika, Belarusian: ??? ?????????? or ??? ?????????? ??????? ???????, Latin: Regnum Serenissima Poloniae) was a federal mo...

Magnate related Images and Photos (experimental)

Young Hungarian Magnate C.1870-80