Swordbearer (
Polish: ''miecznik'') was a court office in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Responsible for the arsenal of the King and for carrying his sword.
Since the 14th Century an honorable title of the district office, in
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a monarchy in Central Europe during the Middle Ages, medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
Background
The West Slavs, West Slavic tribe of Polans (western), Polans who lived in what i ...
and after
Union of Lublin in
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...
.
* ''Miecznik koronny'' – sword-bearer of the Crown
* ''Miecznik litewski'' – sword-bearer of Lithuania
Polish titles
Lithuanian titles
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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