Government of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Government_of_the_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:country gptkb:Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:executiveBranch gptkb:Royal_Council
gptkbp:existedDuring 1569
gptkbp:existedUntil 1795
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:King
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Government of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
gptkbp:judicialBranch gptkb:Crown_Tribunal
gptkb:Lithuanian_Tribunal
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:lowerAward gptkb:Chamber_of_Deputies
gptkbp:mainLegalCode gptkb:Constitution_of_3_May_1791
gptkb:Pacta_conventa
gptkb:Henrician_Articles
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:liberum_veto
szlachta (nobility) dominance
confederation system
decentralized power
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Poland
gptkbp:successor Partitioned territories (Prussia, Russia, Austria)
gptkbp:system nobles' democracy
gptkbp:type free election of the king
gptkbp:upperHouse gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grand_Chancellor_of_the_Crown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6