Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)

Former administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland Lublin VoivodeshipWojewództwo LubelskiePalatinatus LublinensisVoivodeship of Poland1474–1795 Coat of arms Lublin Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635CapitalLublinArea • 10,230 km2 (3,950 sq mi)History • Established 1474• Third partition 24 October 1795 Political subdivisionscounties: 3 Preceded by Succeeded by Sandomierz Voivodeship New Galicia Today part ofPoland Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie; Latin: 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. Together with Sandomierz Voivodeship and Kraków Voivodeship, it was part of historic Lesser Poland and the Lesser Poland Province. Lublin Voivodeship had two senators in the Senate of the Kingdom of Poland: the Voivode and the Castellan of Lublin. Local sejmiks took place in Lublin. History The entire area of the voivodeship was located east of the Vistula river, and its boundaries did not change from the time of its creation (1474), until its dissolution by Austrian authoritie