The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by

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as a

voivodeship A voivodeship ( ) or voivodate is the area administered by a voivode (governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in ...

in the

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, from a split off part of the

Trakai Voivodeship Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship (, , ), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795. History Trakai Voivodeship together with Vilnius Voivodeship wa ...

.Mykhailovskyi, V.
Podlaskie Voivodeship (ПІДЛЯСЬКЕ ВОЄВОДСТВО)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine After Lithuania's union with the

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in 1569 and formation of the

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, the voivodeship was transferred to the Polish Crown, where it belonged to the Lesser Poland Province.

History

In ca. 1274, the historical

Podlachia Podlachia, also known by its Polish name Podlasie (; ; ), is a historical region in north-eastern Poland. Its largest city is Białystok, whereas the historical capital is Drohiczyn. Similarly to several other historical regions of Poland, e.g ...

region was added to the

. In 1391, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila attempted to transfer the region to Duke

Vytautas Vytautas the Great (; 27 October 1430) was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was also the prince of Grodno (1370–1382), prince of Lutsk (1387–1389), and the postulated king of the Hussites. In modern Lithuania, Vytautas is revere ...

' brother-in-law,

Janusz I of Warsaw Janusz I of Warsaw (pl: ''Janusz I warszawski''), also known as Janusz I the Old (pl: ''Janusz I Starszy'') (c. 1347/52 – 8 December 1429), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast in the Dukes of Masovia, Masovian branch, from 1373/74 D ...

, Duke of Masovia, but from 1413 on Podlaskie was managed as part of Lithuania's

Formation

After the administrative reform of 1514, Podlaskie was isolated from Trakai Voivodeship as a separate voivodeship, with the capital at the town of

Drohiczyn Drohiczyn () (, ) is a town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The town has a population of 2,110 and is situated on the bank of the Bug River. Drohiczyn has a long and rich history, as in the past it was one of the most impo ...

. King of Poland Sigismund gave a privilege to to form a government of Podlaskie Voivodeship on 29 August 1513. It originally consisted of the following former Trakai lands:

Mielnik Mielnik is a village in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mielnik. It lies approximately south-east of Siemiatycze ...

, Bielsk, and

Brest Litovsk Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, is a city in south-western Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug and Mukhavets rivers meet, making it a border town. It serves as the admini ...

. In 1566 based on Brest Litovsk lands, the separate

Brest Litovsk Voivodeship Brest Litovsk Voivodeship (; ) was a unit of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) from 1566 until the May Constitution in 1791, and from ...

was formed. In 1569, Podlachia was returned to the Kingdom of Poland by the ''Privilege of restoration of Podlasie land to the Polish Crown''. Knyszyn was the favorite residence of King

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus (, ; 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. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and t ...

, who died there in 1572, ending the reign of the

Jagiellonian dynasty The Jagiellonian ( ) or Jagellonian dynasty ( ; ; ), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty (), the House of Jagiellon (), or simply the Jagiellons (; ; ), was the name assumed by a cadet branch of the Lithuanian ducal dynasty of Gediminids upon recep ...

in Poland.

Polish Renaissance The Renaissance in Poland ( , ; ) lasted from the late 15th to the late 16th century and is widely considered to have been the Golden Age of Polish culture. Ruled by the Jagiellonian dynasty, the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (from 1569 part of ...

writer

Łukasz Górnicki Łukasz Górnicki (1527 in Oświęcim – 22 July 1603 in Lipniki by Tykocin), was a Polish Renaissance, poet, humanist, political commentator as well as secretary and chancellor of king Sigismund Augustus of Poland. His family used Ogończyk ...

, after his appointment as

starost Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands. The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...

of Tykocin in 1572, resided and wrote many of his works in Lipniki. Podlaskie Voivodeship was subtracted by extensive royal estates, numerous small estates of the

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...

(with the exception of the eastern and southern outskirts) and a dense network of small towns.

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often cultivated their land on their own, and there were many places where the nobility had no serfs, making certain parts of the voivodeship, according to Polish historian, geographer and ethnographer

Zygmunt Gloger Zygmunt Gloger (3November 184516August 1910) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popular Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Socie ...

, the place with the highest percentage of free agricultural population in Europe in the feudal era. Polish nobles in Podlachia became so numerous that from the 16th century some migrated to other regions, including

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name ''Małopolska'' (; ), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a separate cult ...

and Lithuania, where they often made significant fortunes. In the 17th and early 18th century, the chief regional royal residence in Podlaskie Voivodeship was

Tykocin Tykocin (; ) is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a ...

. In December 1630, King

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa (, ; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Re ...

and his family took shelter there from an epidemic, and in 1633

Władysław IV Vasa Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Monarchy of Sweden, Sweden and List of Russian monarchs, Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince ...

also stopped there. In 1653, Podlachia itself was hit by an epidemic. The region was invaded by

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during the

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, but in 1657, Poles recaptured Tykocin. In 1661, renowned Polish military commander

Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish szlachta, nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate hol ...

was granted the Tykocin

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. Starostwos were established in the ...

with the towns of Tykocin and

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

as a reward for his military service during the

Swedish invasion of Poland The Deluge was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In a wider sense, it applies to the period between the Khmelnytsky Uprising of 1648 and the Truce of Andrusovo in 1667, comprising the Pol ...

of 1655–1660. Two Polish Protestant

synod A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word '' synod'' comes from the Ancient Greek () ; the term is analogous with the Latin word . Originally, ...

s were held in Podlachia, a

Calvinist Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Protestantism, Continenta ...

one in Orla in 1644 and a

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

one in

Węgrów Węgrów (; ) is a town in eastern Poland with 12,796 inhabitants (2013), capital of Węgrów County in the Masovian Voivodeship. History First mentioned in historical records in 1414, Węgrów received its city charter in 1441. Between 16th ...

in 1780. Tykocin, whose Old Town is now designated a Historic Monument of Poland, was the place where the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's oldest and highest order, was established. During the Swedish invasion of Poland of 1701–1706, in 1702, Tykocin was the place of talks between delegates of Poland and Sweden. In 1704, Podlaskie protested against the

election An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...

as King of Poland. Swedish and Russian troops often passed through the region during the war. By the 18th century the

private town Private towns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others. Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, R ...

became the main center of the region, thanks to the

patronage Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, art patronage refers to the support that princes, popes, and other wealthy and influential people ...

of the Branicki family. Due to the city's palace, parks and edifices, Białystok was dubbed the "

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

of Podlachia". At that time, Polish kings traveling through Podlachia mainly resided in Białystok, i.e.

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...

in 1726 and 1729 and

Augustus III of Poland Augustus III (; – "the Saxon"; ; 17 October 1696 5 October 1763) was List of Polish monarchs, King of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as List of rulers of Saxony, Elector of Saxony i ...

in 1744, 1752 and 1755. The School of Civil and Military Engineering, Poland's first military technical college, and ''Komedialnia'', one of the oldest theaters in Poland, were founded in Białystok in 1745 and 1748, respectively. Białystok was a regional

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center with 33 breweries as of 1771, with the Podlachian Beer now listed as a protected traditional beverage by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland. In 1733, during the

War of the Polish Succession The War of the Polish Succession (; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a civil war in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over the succession to Augustus II the Strong, which the other European powers widened in pursuit of ...

, supporters of Augustus III retreated from

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

to Węgrów in Podlaskie Voivodeship. In 1767,

Jan Klemens Branicki Count Jan Klemens Branicki (also known as Jan Kazimierz Branicki; 21 September 1689 – 9 October 1771) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Hetman, Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth between 1735 and 1752, and Great Cro ...

and

Wacław Rzewuski Wacław Piotr Rzewuski (1706–1779) was a Polish dramatist and poet as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. As a notable nobleman and magnate, Rzewuski held a number of important posts in the administration of the Polish–Lit ...

protested against the Radom Confederation in

Brańsk Brańsk (Podlachian language: ''Бранськ, Branśk'', , ) is a town in eastern Poland. It is situated within Podlaskie Voivodeship (province). Etymology The name of the town comes from the river Bronka, a nearby tributary of the Nurzec River ...

Aftermath

In the

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 Polis ...

in 1795, most of the voivodeship was taken over by the

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as part of New East Prussia, with southern outskirts annexed by

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, with the Bug forming the border between them. From 1807, these lands were part of the

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. Then, parts of it belonged to

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or the Russian Empire until 1915.

Administrative Subdivisions

The Voivodeship consisted of the following

ziemia Land is a historical unit of administration in Poland and Ruthenia. In the Polish language, the term is not capitalized (''ziemia chełmińska'', Chelmno Land; not ''Ziemia Chełmińska''). All ''ziemias'' are named after main urban centers (o ...

s: *

Bielsk Land Bielsk Land, (, named after the town of Bielsk Podlaski) was an administrative unit (ziemia) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Created in 1413, it originally belonged to the Lithuanian Tra ...

(), Bielsk). Local

sejmik A sejmik (, diminutive of ''sejm'', occasionally translated as a ''dietine''; ) was one of various local parliaments in the history of Poland and history of Lithuania. The first sejmiks were regional assemblies in the Kingdom of Poland (before ...

s took place in Bielsk, where the

szlachta The ''szlachta'' (; ; ) were the nobility, noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Depending on the definition, they were either a warrior "caste" or a social ...

elected two deputies of the

Sejm The Sejm (), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (), is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of the Third Polish Republic since the Polish People' ...

, *

Drohiczyn Land Drohiczyn Land (, also '), named after the town of Drohiczyn, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of Podlasie Voivodeship. The history of Drohiczyn Land as a sep ...

(),

). Local

s took place in

, electing two deputies of parliament, *

Mielnik Land Mielnik Land (Polish: ''ziemia mielnicka''), also known as Land of Mielnik, was an administrative unit (ziemia) of both the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. With its seat in the town (now a village) of Mielnik, it belong ...

(),

). Local

took place in

, where two deputies were elected.

Heraldry

The coat of arms of the region was created by combining the coats of arms of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

and

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

, i.e. the

Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great. Branches of ...

white eagle albeit without a crown and the Pogoń, a

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holding a

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and

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with the

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Double Cross). It was introduced in 1569.

Cities and towns

Cities and towns of the voivodeship after 1566:

Bielsk County

Augustów Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland. It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Augustów has an area of , and as of June 2022 it has a popul ...

* Bielsk *

Boćki Boćki is a village in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Boćki. It lies approximately south-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capita ...

* Goniądz * Jasionówka *

Kleszczele Kleszczele (, , Podlachian: ''Kliščéli'') is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. History Kleszczele was granted town rights by King Sigismund I the Old in 1523. It was a royal town of Poland. Queen conso ...

* Knyszyn *

Narew The Narew (; ; or ) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland. It is a tributary of the river Vistula. The Narew is one of Europe's few braided rivers, the term relating to the twisted channels resembling braided h ...

* Orla *

Rajgród Rajgród is a town in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,609 inhabitants (as of June 2016), within the historic region of Podlachia. History Rajgród has a long and rich history, with evidence of human habitation dating back ...

Suraż Suraż is a town in north-eastern Poland situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Suraż in the Białystok County. Suraż, which has a long and rich history, and was a royal town in the Kingdom of Poland, currently is one of the smal ...

* Trzcianne *

* Waniewo

Drohiczyn County

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, f ...

Kosów Lacki Kosów Lacki is a town in Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,152 inhabitants (2004). Within the municipal territory are the two Treblinka camps. History *1202 - First mention of a village Kossów found in documents belonging ...

Miedzna Miedzna is a village in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland, in the historical region of Podlachia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miedzna. It lies approximately north-east of Węgró ...

* Mokobody * Mordy *

Siemiatycze Siemiatycze ( ''Siamiatyčy'') is a town in eastern Poland, with 14,391 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Siemiatycze County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. History The history of Siemiatycze dates back to the mid-16th century, when the vil ...

* Skrzeszew * Sokołów * Sterdyń *

* Wysokie

Mielnik County

Łosice Łosice (; ''Loshitz'', ''Lositze'') is a town in eastern Poland, seat of the Łosice County and Gmina Łosice (commune) in the Masovian Voivodeship. History Łosice was first mentioned in 1264, as a medieval settlement from around the 11th– ...

Sarnaki Sarnaki is a village in Łosice County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sarnaki. It lies approximately north-east of Łosice and east of Warsaw Warsaw, offic ...

Voivodes

The governor of the Podlaskie Voivodeship was first located in

Bielsk Podlaski Bielsk Podlaski (, , ) is a town in eastern Poland, within Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 24,883. Geography Bielsk Podlaski is located in the geographical region of Europe known as ...

, but later moved to

Voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

s included * Iwan Sapieha (ur. ok. 1450, zm. 1517) 1513 – 1517 * Janusz Kostewicz (ur. 1468, zm. 1527) 1520 – 1527 * Iwan Sapieha (ur. 1486, zm. 1546) 1529 – 1541 * Mikołaj Pac (ur. 1497, zm. 1551) 1543 – 1551 * Mikołaj Narbutt (zm.1555) 1551 – 1555 * Paweł Sapieha (zm. 1579) 1555 – 1558, also the Voivode of

Smoleńsk Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia. It has been a regional capital for most of ...

* Bazyli Tyszkiewicz (ur. 1492, zm. 1571) 1558 – 1569, also the Voivode of Smoleńsk *

Mikołaj Kiszka Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: * Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman and the first Grand Hetman of the Crown * ...

(ur. 1524, zm. 1587) 1569 – 1587 * Stanisław Radzymiński (ur. 1552, zm. 1591) 1588 – 1591 *

Janusz Zasławski Janusz is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic pr ...

(ur. 1561, zm. 1629) 1591 – 1604, also the Voivode of

Volhynia Volhynia or Volynia ( ; see #Names and etymology, below) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in ...

* Tomasz Gostomski (ur. 1569, zm. 1623) 1605 – 1605, also the Voivode of

Masovia Mazovia or Masovia ( ) is a historical region in mid-north-eastern Poland. It spans the North European Plain, roughly between Łódź and Białystok, with Warsaw being the largest city and Płock being the capital of the region . Throughout the ...

Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński Jan Zbigniew Ossoliński (3 September 1555 – 3 October 1623) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, or ''szlachcic''. He held the following offices: *Secretary to the King from 1578 * Chamberlain or '' podkomorzy'' of Sandomierz from 1593 *Castel ...

(ur. 1555, zm. 1623) 1605 – 1613, also the Voivode of

Sandomierz Sandomierz (pronounced: ; , ) 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. It has been part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (Holy ...

* Jan Wodyński ( zm. 1616) 1613 – 1616 *

Stanisław Warszycki Stanisław Warszycki of Abdank coat of arms (c. 1600 – 1680/1681) was a noble (''szlachcic'') and magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Starosta of Piotrków Trybunalski, Piotrków, Voivode of Mazowsze (1630–1651), Castellan of ...

(ur. 1577, zm. 1617) 1616 – 1617 * Wojciech Niemira (zm. 1625) 1617 – 1625 * Andrzej Chądzyński (ur. 1561, zm. 1631) 1625 – 1631 * Paweł Szczawiński (zm. 1634) 1633 – 1634 * Stanisław Niemira (ur. 1597, zm. 1642/48) 1634 – 1648 * Paweł Warszycki (zm. 1660) 1649 – 1652, also the Voivode of Masovia * Prokop Leśniowolski (ur. 1588, zm. 1653) 1652 – 1653 * Jan Piotr Opaliński (ur. 1601, zm. 1665) 1653 – 1661, also the Voivode of

Kalisz Kalisz () is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents (December 2021). It is the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of Gr ...

* Wojciech Emeryk Mleczko (ur. ok. 1625, zm. 1673) 1665 – 1673 * Wacław Leszczyński (ur. 1626, zm. 1688) 1673 – 1688 * Marcin Oborski 1688 – 1698 * Stefan Mikołaj Branicki (ur. 1643, zm. 1709) 1699 – 1709 *

Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski (1662–1728) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). He was a Royal Colonel since 1690, General of foreign mercenaries contingent and Krajczy of the Crown since 1702, Great Recorder of the Crown since 1703, Field Cro ...

(ur. 1660, zm. 1728) 1710 – 1728, also the Voivode of

Bełz Belz (, ; ; ) is a small city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine, located near the Poland–Ukraine border, border with Poland between the Solokiya River (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the administration of Belz ...

, hetman polny koronny * Michał Józef Sapieha 1728 – 1738 * Karol Józef Hiacynt Sedlnicki 1738 – 1745, also podskarbi wielki koronny * Michał Antoni Sapieha (ur. 1711, zm. 1760) 1746 – 1752, also podkanclerzy litewski *

Michał Józef Rzewuski Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel * Michał Hel ...

(ur. 1699, zm. 1770) 1752 – 1762 * Bernard Stanisław Gozdzki (ur. 1704, zm. 1771) 1762 – 1771 * Antoni Miączyński (ur. 1691, zm. 1774) 1771 – 1774 * Józef Salezy Ossoliński (ur. 1744, zm. 1797) 1774 – 1790 * Tomasz Aleksandrowicz (ur. 1735, zm. 1794 1790 – 1794

References

Podlasie Voivodeship by Zygmunt Gloger

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513-1795) Voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1513 establishments in Lithuania 1795 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth