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The Parnawa Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo parnawskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the
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, part of the
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, since it was formed in 1598 until the
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conquest of
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in the 1620s. The seat of the
voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the ...
was Parnawa (
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). The voivodeship was created by King
Zygmunt III Waza Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 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 and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
, and it was based on the Parnawa Presidency, created by King
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in 1582, after the Truce of Yam-Zapolsky. It effectively ceased to exist in 1621, but officially, Parnawa Voivodeship existed until the
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(1660). Its main towns were: Parnawa, Felin,
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, Karkus, Salis, Lemsal, and
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. The title of
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of Parnawa, as well as other local titles, remained in use until the Partitions of Poland. It was one of the so-called fictitious titles (Polish: urzad fikcyjny).


Titular voivodes

The voivodes of Dorpat Voivodeship. *1. Ernst Magnus Dönhoff *2.Piotr Tryzna *3.Jan Zawadzki *4.Gothard Tyzenhaus *5.Henryk Doenhoff


References

Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Historical regions in Estonia History of Pärnu Geography of Pärnu 16th century in Estonia 17th century in Estonia 18th century in Estonia Duchy of Livonia 1598 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1621 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth States and territories disestablished in the 1620s Organisations based in Livonia {{Estonia-stub