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'Landed nobility' is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country.

★ Landed gentry is the landed nobility in the United Kingdom.

★ In Russian Empire landed nobles were called ''pomeshchiks'', with the term literally translated as "landed estate owner". See Russian nobility for more.

★ Junkers were the landed nobility of Prussia and Eastern Germany

★ In Poland, ''szlachta'' were usually landowners, with magnates being the class of the wealthiest ''szlachta''. Middle and smaller landed szlachta was called ''/zemianie'' (from the word ''zemia'', land), usually translated as landed gentry.

★ In some places, e.g., in Low Countries before Spanish rule, urban nobility with landed estates was distinct from landed nobility. ^[1] In general, relations between landed nobility and towns was very complex in Europe.

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1. Study Day on the Landed Nobility and the City in Renaissance Europe, University of Warwick, 17 March 2004