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==Hungary==	==Hungary==
The term was specifically applied to the members of the Upper House of the [[wiet of Hungary|Diet of Hungary]] in the [[w:Kingdom of Hungary|Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary]], the ''Főrendiház'', that can be translated as the [[w:House of Magnates|House of Magnates]], an equivalent to the British Peers.	The term was specifically applied to the members of the Upper House of the [[wiet of Hungary|Diet of Hungary]] in the [[w:Kingdom of Hungary|Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary]], the ''Főrendiház'', that can be translated as the [[w:House of Magnates|House of Magnates]], an equivalent to the British Peers.
	== Japan ==
	{{main|Daimyo}}
	In feudal Japan, the most powerful landholding magnates were known as ''daimyo''. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the daimyo became military lords of [[samurai]] clans with territorial and proprietary control over private estates.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/daimyo Daimyo]. ''Britanica''.</ref>
== Poland and Lithuania ==	== Poland and Lithuania ==
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{{further|Transportation and travel during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth}}
Magnates were a [[social class]] of wealthy and influential [[nobility]] in the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]] and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], and later the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].	Magnates were a [[social class]] of wealthy and influential [[nobility]] in the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland]] and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], and later the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
== Serbia and Croatia ==
{{main|Velikaš}}
''Velikaš'' is the Serbo-Croatian word for 'magnate', derived from veliko ('great, large, grand'). It was used to refer to the highest nobility of Serbia in the Middle Ages and Croatia in the Middle Ages.
== Spain ==	== Spain ==
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{{further|Swedish nobility}}	{{further|Swedish nobility}}
In Sweden, the wealthiest medieval lords were known as ''storman'' (plural ''stormän''), "great men", a similar description and meaning as the English term magnate.	In Sweden, the wealthiest medieval lords were known as ''storman'' (plural ''stormän''), "great men", a similar description and meaning as the English term magnate.
	== Japan ==
	{{further|Daimyo}}
	In feudal Japan, the most powerful landholding magnates were known as ''daimyo''. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the daimyo became military lords of [[samurai]] clans with territorial and proprietary control over private estates.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/daimyo Daimyo]. ''Britanica''.</ref>
==See also==	==See also==

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