Polish-Lithuanian royal election

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Constitution_of_3_May_1791
gptkbp:country gptkb:Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:endDate 1791
gptkbp:firstElectedMonarch gptkb:Henry_of_Valois
gptkbp:frequency irregular
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Polish-Lithuanian royal election
gptkbp:lastElectedMonarch gptkb:Stanisław_August_Poniatowski
gptkbp:location Wola, near Warsaw
gptkbp:notableFor 1573 royal election
1587 royal election
1697 royal election
gptkbp:participants gptkb:szlachta
gptkbp:precededBy hereditary monarchy in Poland
gptkbp:purpose to elect the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
gptkbp:significance unique elective monarchy in Europe
gptkbp:startDate 1573
gptkbp:stateElectorate all members of the nobility (szlachta)
gptkbp:successor attempted hereditary monarchy (1791)
gptkbp:votingSystem free election (wolna elekcja)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pacta_conventa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7