boyar

Highest rank in nobility of Kyivan Rus', Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Moscow

Entitynoble titleQ203563

Also known as boyars

Instance of: noble title

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A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus', Moldavia and Wallachia, Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. Comparable to Dukes/Grand Dukes, Boyars were second only to the ruling princes, grand princes or tsars from the 10th to the 17th centuries.

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Female form of label: boieroaică
bojarino
bojarinja
Country of origin: First Bulgarian Empire
Started: 10th century

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