The Królewiec Voivodeship was a short-lived

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 ...

of the

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, with capital in the city of Königsberg (Polish: Królewiec, now

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

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), that existed during the Thirteen Years' War. It was established by king

Casimir IV Jagiellon Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; ; 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. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under ...

in April 1454, following the incorporation of the city and the surrounding area into Poland, from the territory of the

State of the Teutonic Order The State of the Teutonic Order () 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 ...

. Following the capitulation of Polish forces in the battle of Kneiphof, on 14 February 1455, the voivodeship fall under the control of the Teutonic forces. The voivodeship formally ceased to exists following the signing of the

Second Peace of Thorn The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń (; ), 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 Knig ...

, on 19 October 1466, which affirmed its area under the ownership of the

, as a part and

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of Poland.

Government

The region was governed by the

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 ...

. The only voivode of the voivodeship

Ścibor Bażyński Ścibor is a Polish surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski (1928–1983), Polish filmmaker * Andrzej Ścibor-Bogusławski (died 1729), Polish nobleman * Ignacy Ścibor Marchocki (1755–1827), Polish noblema ...

, who was in the office from April 1454 to 1455.Krzysztof Mikulski: ''Urzędnicy Prus Królewskich XV–XVIII wieku''. Wrocław–Warsaw–Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1990, p. 12, 94. ISBN 83-04-03523-5.Paweł Czaplewski: ''Senatorowie świeccy, podskarbiowie i starostowie Prus Królewskich 1454–1772''. In: Roczniki Towarzystwa Naukowego w Toruniu. vol. XXVI–XXVIII (1919–1921), p. 8, 1921. Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu. The last mention of Ścibor, that refers to him as the voivode of Królewiec, comes from 12 April 1455. Due to the ongoing fighting in the region during the Thirteen Years' War, and later its occupation, the voivodeship did not have an organized administration, nor appointed the new voivode after 1455.

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