- Samogitian nobility
The term Samogitian nobility refers to the noble class living in the region of
Samogitia , inLithuania . Historically, the local Polish-Lithuanian gentry was formed of people of various ethnic backgrounds, including Lithuanian, Polish, Tartar, German and Ruthenianpl icon cite book | author =Janusz Tazbir | editor=Stanisław Grzybowski | title =Państwo bez stosów i inne szkice | year =2000 | editor = | pages =393 | chapter =Szlachta a teologowie | publisher =Universitas | location =Kraków | isbn=8370527515 , also published in English as: en icon cite book | author =Janusz Tazbir | coauthors =Alexander T. Jordan | title =A State Without Stakes | year =1973 | pages =232 | chapter = | chapterurl = | publisher =Kościuszko Foundation | location =New York | doi=10.2307/2497261 | isbn=0805761373 ] .As the
Duchy of Samogitia maintained a certain level of autonomy within thePolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth en icon cite web | author=Simas Suziedielis | title=Samogitia | publisher=The State Committee for theCommemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Postile | year=1999 | work=Postilla 400 | url=http://postilla.mch.mii.lt/Tevuzeme/samogitia.en.htm | accessdate=2007-10-31 ] , its nobility was considered a separate subject of the laws, on par with the nobility of other lands of the Commonwealthpl icon cite journal | author =Włodzimierz Budka | year =1921 | month = | title =Kto podpisał Konfederację Warszawską 1573 r.? | journal =Reformacja w Polsce | volume =1 | issue =4 | pages =314–319 ] .Samogitian nobility, especially the lower class of it, preserved very well the knowledge of the
Lithuanian language and the (Samogitian dialect ).cite book | last =Aleksandravičius | first = Egidijus | authorlink = Egidijus Aleksandravičius | coauthors = Antanas Kulakauskas | title = Carų valdžioje | publisher = | date = 1996 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 9986-403-69-3 ] .Trivia
It is a known fact that
Józef Piłsudski , whose parents originated from Samogitia, from the early youth was taught by his family to to speak Lithuanian languageFact|date=February 2008.Notes and references
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