Vilnius Voivodeship
| Vilnius Voivodeship | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (part of the federative Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1569) | |||||||||
| 1413–1795 | |||||||||
Third partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | 1795 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | counties (aka. pavietas, powiat ): five | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania Belarus Latvia¹ | ||||||||
| ¹ Small portion around Aknīste | |||||||||
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2022) |
The Vilnius Voivodeship (
History
- Coat of arms of the Vilnius Voivodeship
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The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1430s, depicted in the Armorial Lyncenich -
The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1555 -
As depicted in 1712 -
As depicted in 1720 -
As depicted in 1875
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1413-1566
The Vilnius Voivodeship was created instead of the Vilnius Viceroyalty (Lithuanian: Vilniaus vietininkija) during the
The core of the Vilnius Voivodeship was the Vilnius County, which was composed of the Vilnius Bailiwick (Lithuanian: Vilniaus tijūnija), which was composed of the manors of
The Vilnius Voivodeship was the location of many large estates.
1566-1795
In 1566, during the administrative and judicial reforms of 1564–66, Vilnius Voivodeship was divided into the counties of Vilnius, Ashmyany, Braslaw, Lida (assigned from Trakai Voivodeship), Vilkmergė.[1] Simultaneously, Vitebsk' lands, the Upper Dnieper, most of the Lithuanian Rus', the Principalities of Kletsk and Sluck were separated from the Vilnius Voivodeship.[1]
Aftermath
19th century
After the
20th century
After
Geography and administrative division
Geographically the area was centred on the city of
Voivodes
The Voivode of Vilnius was ranked first in importance among the secular members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords.[1] In the voivode hierarchy of Poland-Lithuania, established by the Union of Lublin in 1569, the Voivode of Vilnius, who was also a senator of the Polish–Lithuanian Sejm, took the fourth place and the Castellan of Vilnius - the sixth place.[1]
See also
References
Sources
- Gudavičius, Edvardas (1999). Lietuvos istorija (in Lithuanian). Vol. 1 - Nuo seniausių laikų iki 1569 metų. Vilnius. ISBN 9-986-39-111-3.)
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- Gudavičius, Edvardas (2022). "Vilniaus vaivadija". Vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the originalon 24 February 2022.
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