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Zebrzydowski Rebellion

Polish history
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Zebrzydowski Rebellion, (1606–07), armed uprising of Polish nobles led by Mikołaj Zebrzydowski against their king Sigismund III (ruled 1587–1632). Despite its failure to overthrow the king, the rebellion firmly established the dominance of the Roman Catholic gentry over the monarch in the Polish political system. After Louis I (king of Poland, 1370–82, and of Hungary, 1342–82) concluded the Pact of Koszyce with the Polish nobility and gentry (1374), guaranteeing them broad rights and privileges, the...

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