page_title: Order of precedence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
section_title: Deputies
hierarchical_section_title: Order of precedence in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth / Deputies
caption_attribution_description: Polski Sejm, 1622.
context_page_description: The order of precedence for members of the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was created at the same time as the Commonwealth itself – at the Lublin Sejm in 1569. The Commonwealth was a union, in existence from 1569 to 1795, of two constituent nations: the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The union's legislative power was vested in a diet known as the Sejm which consisted of the three Estates of the Sejm: the monarch, holding the titles of King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania; the Senate; and the House of Deputies.
  The order of precedence indicated where senators and deputies would sit during parliamentary sessions and in what order they cast their votes. The order was also followed at other formal occasions, such as royal coronations. The order of precedence remained almost unchanged from its inception in 1569 until the ultimate partition of Poland in 1795. The only changes were made to reflect the addition of new territories as the Commonwealth expanded eastwards during the 16th and 17th centuries.
context_section_description: Deputies elected in local sejmiks.
caption: The Sejm in session, 1622
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