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142 relations: Albert, Duke of Prussia, Łęczyca, Łęczyca Voivodeship, Baltic states, Belarus, Belz, Belz Voivodeship, Bracław Voivodeship, Brasław Voivodeship, Bratslav, Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, Brest, Belarus, Brześć Kujawski, Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Castellan, Chełm Voivodeship (1793), Chernihiv, Chernihiv Voivodeship, Ciechanów Voivodeship (1793), Condominium (international law), Cossacks, Crown land, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Curonian colonisation, Curonian colonization of the Americas, District of Pilten, Drohiczyn, Duchy, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Duchy of Livonia, Duchy of Samogitia, Duchy of Siewierz, Encyclopedia Lituanica, Estonia, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Gniezno, Gniezno Voivodeship, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Grand Principality of Rus' (1658), Greater Poland, Grodno Sejm, Grodno Voivodeship (1793), History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648), History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764), Jelgava, John II Casimir Vasa, Kaliningrad, Kalisz, ... Expand index (92 more) »
- Former administrative divisions of Poland
- Former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Political history of Lithuania
Albert, Duke of Prussia
Albert of Prussia (Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May 149020 March 1568) was a German prince who was the 37th grand master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Albert, Duke of Prussia
Łęczyca
Łęczyca (in full the Royal Town of Łęczyca, Królewskie Miasto Łęczyca; Lentschitza; Lintshits, Luntshits) is a town of inhabitants in central Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Łęczyca
Łęczyca Voivodeship
Łęczyca Voivodeship (Województwo łęczyckie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century until the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Łęczyca Voivodeship
Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Baltic states
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Belarus
Belz
Belz (Белз; Bełz; בעלז) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the border with Poland between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Belz
Belz Voivodeship
Bełz Voivodeship (Województwo bełskie, Palatinatus Belzensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Poland from 1462 to the Partitions of Poland in 1772–1795.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Belz Voivodeship
Bracław Voivodeship
The Bracław Voivodeship (Palatinatus Braclaviensis;; Брацлавське воєводство, Braclavśke vojevodstvo) was a unit of administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Bracław Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Bracław Voivodeship
Brasław Voivodeship
Brasław Voivodeship (1793) was created during the Grodno Sejm in November 23 1793. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brasław Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brasław Voivodeship
Bratslav
Bratslav (Брацлав) is a rural settlement in Ukraine, located in Tulchyn Raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, by the Southern Bug river.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Bratslav
Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
Brest Litovsk Voivodeship (Берасьцейскае ваяводзтва; Województwo brzeskolitewskie) was a unit of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) since 1566 until the May Constitution in 1791, and from 1791 to 1795 (partitions of Poland) as a voivodeship in Poland. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brest Litovsk Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
Brest, Belarus
Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brest, Belarus
Brześć Kujawski
Brześć Kujawski (Polish pronunciation:; Brisk) is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brześć Kujawski
Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
The Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship (Województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Palatinatus Brestensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk; Lithuanian:; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Casimir IV Jagiellon
Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Castellan
Chełm Voivodeship (1793)
Chełm Voivodeship (1793) was created during the Grodno Sejm on November 23, 1793.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Chełm Voivodeship (1793)
Chernihiv
Chernihiv (Чернігів,; Chernigov) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Chernihiv
Chernihiv Voivodeship
Czernihów (Chernihiv) Voivodeship (Województwo czernihowskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from 1635 until Khmelnytsky Uprising in 1648 (technically it existed up until 1654).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Chernihiv Voivodeship
Ciechanów Voivodeship (1793)
Ciechanów Voivodeship (1793) in Poland was created during the Grodno Sejm on 23 November 1793.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ciechanów Voivodeship (1793)
Condominium (international law)
A condominium (plural either condominia, as in Latin, or condominiums) in international law is a political territory (state or border area) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equal dominium (in the sense of sovereignty) and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it into "national" zones.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Condominium (international law)
Cossacks
The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Cossacks
Crown land
Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crown land
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland are political history of Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Curonian colonisation
Curonian colonisation refers to the colonisation efforts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Curonian colonisation
Curonian colonization of the Americas
The Curonian colonization of the Americas was performed by the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (now Latvia), which was the second-smallest state to colonise the Americas, after the Knights of Malta.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Curonian colonization of the Americas
District of Pilten
The District of Pilten (Powiat piltyński, Kreis Pilten) was an autonomous district of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and also in union with the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and District of Pilten
Drohiczyn
Drohiczyn (Drohičinas/Drogičinas, translit, translit) is a town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Drohiczyn
Duchy
A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominally vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726 and incorporated into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1726.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Duchy of Livonia
The Duchy of Livonia, also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia, was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that existed from 1561 to 1621.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy of Livonia
Duchy of Samogitia
The Duchy of Samogitia (Žemaičių seniūnija, Žemaitėjės seniūnėjė, Księstwo żmudzkie) was an administrative unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1422 (and from 1569, a member country of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy of Samogitia are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy of Samogitia
Duchy of Siewierz
The Duchy of Siewierz was a Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duchy of Siewierz
Encyclopedia Lituanica
Encyclopedia Lituanica (likely named after Encyclopædia Britannica or Encyclopedia Americana) is a six-volume (about 3600-page) English language encyclopedia about Lithuania and Lithuania-related topics.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Encyclopedia Lituanica
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Estonia
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William (Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Gniezno
Gniezno (Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Gniezno
Gniezno Voivodeship
Gniezno Voivodeship (Województwo Gnieźnieńskie, Palatinatus Gnesnensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Gniezno Voivodeship
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when the territory was suppressed during the 1795 partitions of Poland–Lithuania.
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Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
The grand master of the Teutonic Order (Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens; Magister generalis Ordo Teutonicus) is the supreme head of the Teutonic Order.
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Grand Principality of Rus' (1658)
Grand Principality of Rus' (Ukrainian: Велике Князівство Руське, Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Ruskie), also known in historiography as Grand Principality of Ruthenia, was the project of the state as a member of the Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth in the territory of Kiev Voivodeship, Bracław Voivodeship and Chernihiv Voivodeship.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Grand Principality of Rus' (1658)
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical region of west-central Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Greater Poland
Grodno Sejm
Grodno Sejm (Sejm grodzieński; Gardino seimas) was the last Sejm (session of parliament) of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Grodno Sejm
Grodno Voivodeship (1793)
Grodno Voivodeship (1793) was created during the Grodno Sejm on November 23, 1793. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Grodno Voivodeship (1793) are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Grodno Voivodeship (1793)
History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)
The history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648) covers a period in the history of Poland and Lithuania, before their joint state was subjected to devastating wars in the mid-17th century. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648) are political history of Lithuania.
History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764)
The history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764) covers a period in the history of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from the time their joint state became the theater of wars and invasions fought on a great scale in the middle of the 17th century, to the time just before the election of Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764) are political history of Lithuania and political history of Poland.
Jelgava
Jelgava is a state city in central Latvia about southwest of Riga.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Jelgava
John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir Vasa (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and John II Casimir Vasa
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad (p), known as Königsberg until 1946 (ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk; Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kaliningrad
Kalisz
Kalisz is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents (December 2021).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kalisz
Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
Kalisz Voivodeship 1314–1793 (Województwo Kaliskie, Palatinatus Calisiensis) was an administrative unit of Poland from 1314 to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi (Кам'янець-Подільський) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kamianets-Podilskyi
Königsberg
Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Königsberg
Kiev Voivodeship
The Kiev Voivodeship (Województwo kijowskie; Palatinatus Kioviensis; Kyivske voievodstvo) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793, as part of Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kiev Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kiev Voivodeship
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) constituted the German state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kingdom of Prussia
Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kraków
Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795)
The Kraków Voivodeship (Województwo Krakowskie, Palatinatus Cracoviensis) was a voivodeship (province) in the Kingdom of Poland from the 14th century to the partition of Poland in 1795 (see History of Poland during the Piast dynasty, Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569), and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kraków Voivodeship (14th century – 1795)
Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Kyiv
Land (administrative unit of Poland)
Land is a historical unit of administration in Poland and Ruthenia.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Land (administrative unit of Poland)
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Latvia
Lauenburg and Bütow Land
Lauenburg and Bütow Land (Länder or italic, Lãbòrskò-bëtowskô Zemia, Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska) formed a historical region in the western part of Pomerelia (Polish and papal historiography) or in the eastern part of Farther Pomerania (German historiography).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lauenburg and Bütow Land
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska (Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lesser Poland
Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lithuania
Livonian War
The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Livonian War
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lublin
Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
Lublin Voivodeship (Województwo Lubelskie; Palatinatus Lublinensis) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of three eastern counties of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting until the Partitions of Poland in 1795.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
Lutsk
Lutsk (Луцьк,; see below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lutsk
Lviv
Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Lviv
Malbork
Malbork is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Malbork
Malbork Voivodeship
The Malbork Voivodeship (Województwo malborskie), after Partitions of Poland also referred to as the Malbork Land (Polish: Ziemia malborska), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772–1795.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Malbork Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Masovian Voivodeship was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 1526 to the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795).
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
Merecz Voivodeship
Merecz Voivodeship (1793) was created during the Grodno Sejm in November 23 1793. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Merecz Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Merecz Voivodeship
Minsk
Minsk (Мінск,; Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Minsk
Minsk Voivodeship
Minsk Voivodeship (Menskaje vajavodztva; Województwo mińskie; Minsko vaivadija; Palatinatus Minscensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566 and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, until the partitions of the Commonwealth in 1793. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Minsk Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Minsk Voivodeship
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Moldova
Mstsislaw
Mstislaw or Mstislavl (Mscislaŭ,; Мстиславль,; Mścisław, Mstislavlis) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Mstsislaw
Mstsislaw Voivodeship
Mstislaw Voivodeship or Mścisław Voivodeship (Амсьціслаўскае ваяводзтва; Województwo Mścisławskie; Palatinatus Mscislaviensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), since the 15th century until the Partitions of Poland in 1795. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Mstsislaw Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Mstsislaw Voivodeship
Novogrudok
Novogrudok or Navahrudak (Навагрудак; Новогрудок; Nowogródek, Naugardukas; נאַוואַראַדאָק) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Novogrudok
Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
Nowogródek Voivodeship (województwo nowogródzkie; Palatinatus Novogrodensis; Naugarduko vaivadija; Наваградзкае ваяводзтва) was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1507 to 1795, with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Novogrudok, Belarus). Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
This article discusses the organizational and administrative structure of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Offices in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ottoman Empire
Płock
Płock (pronounced) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Płock
Płock Voivodeship (1495–1793)
Płock Voivodeship (Województwo Płockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1495 until the partitions of Poland in 1795.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Płock Voivodeship (1495–1793)
Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai Voivodeship. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795) are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
Podolian Voivodeship
The Podolian Voivodeship or Palatinate of Podolia was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland, from 1434 until 1793, except for the period of Ottoman occupation (1672–1699), when the region was organized as Podolia Eyalet.
See Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Podolian Voivodeship
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth are political history of Lithuania and political history of Poland.
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Polish–Lithuanian–Muscovite Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian–Muscovite Commonwealth was a proposed state that would have been based on a personal union between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia.
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Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth (lit, Trijų Tautų Respublika, Річ Посполита ТрьохНародів) was a proposed European state in the 17th century that would have replaced the existing Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, but it was never actually formed.
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Polish–Russian War (1609–1618)
The Polish–Russian War was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia from 1609 to 1618.
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Polotsk
Polotsk (Полоцк) or Polatsk (Polack) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus.
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Polotsk Voivodeship
Polotsk or Połock Voivodeship (Palatinatus Polocensis; Polocko vaivadija; Województwo połockie, Полацкае ваяводства) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) since the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1793. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Polotsk Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (LAU-1) in other countries.
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Poznań
Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region.
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Poznań Voivodeship (14th century – 1793)
Poznań Voivodeship 14th century to 1793 (Palatinatus Posnaniensis, Województwo Poznańskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793.
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Prince-Bishopric of Warmia
The Prince-Bishopric of Warmia (Biskupie Księstwo Warmińskie; Fürstbistum Ermland) was a semi-independent ecclesiastical state, ruled by the incumbent ordinary of the Warmia see and comprising one third of the then diocesan area.
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Province (Poland)
Province was the largest territorial subdivision in medieval and Renaissance-era Poland, and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The term designated each of the two largest constituents of the state: depending on the period, including Greater Poland, Lesser Poland and (upon the formation of the Commonwealth) the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Prussia (region)
Prussia (Prusy; Prūsija; Пруссия; Old Prussian: Prūsa; Preußen; /label/label) is a historical region in Central Europe on the south-eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, that ranges from the Vistula delta in the west to the end of the Curonian Spit in the east and extends inland as far as Masuria, divided between Poland, Russia and Lithuania.
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Raseiniai
Raseiniai (Samogitian: Raseinē) is a city in Lithuania.
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Rawa Mazowiecka
Rawa Mazowiecka is a town in central Poland, with 16,090 inhabitants (2022).
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Rawa Voivodeship
Rawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795.
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Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
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Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia (Prusy Królewskie; Königlich-Preußen or Preußen Königlichen Anteils, Królewsczé Prësë) or Polish PrussiaAnton Friedrich Büsching, Patrick Murdoch.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Ruthenian Voivodeship
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Palatinatus russiae; Województwo ruskie; Ruske voievodstvo) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (now Lviv).
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Sandomierz
Sandomierz (pronounced:; Sandomiria, Tsouzmer, Tsoyzmer) is a historic town in south-eastern Poland with 23,863 inhabitants, situated on the Vistula River near its confluence with the San, in the Sandomierz Basin.
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Sandomierz Voivodeship
Sandomierz Voivodeship (Województwo Sandomierskie, Palatinatus Sandomirensis) was a unit of administration and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795.
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Second Partition of Poland
The 1793 Second Partition of Poland was the second of three partitions (or partial annexations) that ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
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Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń (drugi pokój toruński; Zweiter Friede von Thorn), was a peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń) on 19 October 1466 between the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, which ended the Thirteen Years' War, the longest of the Polish–Teutonic Wars.
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Sieradz
Sieradz (Siradia, שעראַדז, שערעדז, שעריץ, 1941-45 Schieratz) is a city on the Warta river in central Poland with 40,891 inhabitants (2021).
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Sieradz Voivodeship (1339–1793)
Sieradz Voivodeship (Województwo sieradzkie, Palatinatus Siradiensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1339 to the second partition of Poland in 1793.
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Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus (Zygmunt II August, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548.
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Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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Starosta
Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: старост/а, Latin: capitaneus, Starost, Hauptmann) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
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Starostwo
Starostwo (literally "eldership") is an administrative unit established from the 14th century in the Polish Crown and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partition of Poland in 1795.
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State of the Teutonic Order
The State of the Teutonic Order (Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia. In 1237, the Livonian Brothers of the Sword merged with the Teutonic Order of Prussia and became known as its branch — the Livonian Order (while their state, Terra Mariana, covering present-day Estonia and Latvia, became part of the State of the Teutonic Order).
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Szepes County
Szepes (Spiš; Scepusium, Spisz, Zips) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century.
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Territorial evolution of Poland
Poland is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north.
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Territory
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal.
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Teutonic Order
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Third Partition of Poland
The Third Partition of Poland (1795) was the last in a series of the Partitions of Poland–Lithuania and the land of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Russian Empire which effectively ended Polish–Lithuanian national sovereignty until 1918.
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Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)
This is the 1454-1466 Polish-Teutonic War.
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Trakai
Trakai (see names section for alternative and historic names) is a city and lake resort in Lithuania.
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Trakai Voivodeship
Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship (Palatinatus Trocensis, Trakų vaivadija, Województwo trockie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Trakai Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Treaty of Bromberg
The Treaty of Bromberg (Latin: Pacta Bydgostensia) or Treaty of Bydgoszcz was a treaty between John II Casimir of Poland and Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia that was ratified at Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) on 6 November 1657.
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Treaty of Hadiach
The Treaty of Hadiach (ugoda hadziacka; гадяцький договір) was a treaty signed on 16 September 1658 in Hadiach (Hadziacz, Hadiacz, Гадяч) between representatives of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (representing Poland and representing Lithuania) and Zaporozhian Cossacks (represented by Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky and starshina Yuri Nemyrych, the architect of the treaty, and Pavlo Teteria).
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Treaty of Lubowla
Treaty of Lubowla of 1412 was a treaty between Władysław II, King of Poland, and Sigismund of Luxemburg, King of Hungary.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
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Union of Lublin
The Union of Lublin (Unia lubelska; Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time.
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Vilnius
Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.
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Vilnius Voivodeship
The Vilnius Voivodeship (Palatinatus Vilnensis, Vilniaus vaivadija, województwo wileńskie, Віленскае ваяводства) was one of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's voivodeships, which existed from the voivodeship's creation in 1413 to the destruction of the Lithuanian state in 1795. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Vilnius Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Vitebsk
Vitebsk or Vitsyebsk (Viciebsk,; Витебск) is a city in northern Belarus.
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Vitebsk Voivodeship
Vitebsk Voivodeship (Віцебскае ваяводзтва; Województwo witebskie; Palatinatus Vitebsciensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1569 Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from the 15th century until the partitions of Poland in 1795. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Vitebsk Voivodeship are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Voivode
Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.
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Voivodeship
A voivodeship or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe.
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Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
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Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
Volhynian Voivodeship (Województwo wołyńskie, Palatinatus Volhynensis, Волинське воєводство, Volynske voievodstvo) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1566 until 1569 and of the Polish Crown within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 1569 Union of Lublin until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) are former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
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Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia.
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Włodzimierz Voivodeship
Włodzimierz Voivodeship was created during the Grodno Sejm in November 23 1793.
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Znamensk
Znamensk (Знаменск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
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See also
Former administrative divisions of Poland
- Belastok Region
- Krzynowłoga Wielka Commune
- List of former towns of Poland
- Subdivisions of Congress Poland
- Subdivisions of Polish territories during World War II
- Subdivisions of the Duchy of Warsaw
- Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Subdivisions of the Kingdom of Poland
- Subdivisions of the Polish People's Republic
- Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian territories following the partitions
- Subdivisions of the Second Polish Republic
Former voivodeships of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Bracław Voivodeship
- Brasław Voivodeship
- Bratslav Voivodeship
- Brest Litovsk Voivodeship
- Duchy of Samogitia
- Grodno Voivodeship (1793)
- Kiev Voivodeship
- Merecz Voivodeship
- Minsk Voivodeship
- Mstislaw Voivodeship
- Mstsislaw Voivodeship
- Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
- Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
- Polotsk Voivodeship
- Smolensk Voivodeship
- Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Trakai Voivodeship
- Vilnius Voivodeship
- Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)
Political history of Lithuania
- Baltic–Soviet relations
- Elections in Lithuania
- Great Scribe of Lithuania
- History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)
- History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764)
- History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–1795)
- Krajowcy
- Lithuanian Ministry for Belarusian Affairs
- Lithuanian Ministry for Jewish Affairs
- Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–19)
- Lithuanian land confederation
- Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Polish–Lithuanian union
- Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia
- Statesmen (conspiracy theory)
- Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Sąjūdis
- Terrorism in Lithuania
References
Also known as Administrative division of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Administrative divisions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Administrative divisions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Voivodeships of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Voivodeships of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.