Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)
| Kalisz Voivodeship Palatinatus Calisiensis Województwo kaliskie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland¹ | |||||
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 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. |
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| Capital | Kalisz | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1314 | |||
| • | Split off Gniezno Voivodeship |
1768 | |||
| • | Annexed by Prussia | 25 September 1793 | |||
| Area | 15,320 km2(5,915 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | Counties: six until 1768, then three | ||||
| ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569. | |||||
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Kalisz Voivodeship 1314–1793 (Polish: Województwo Kaliskie, Latin: Palatinatus Calisiensis) was an administrative unit of Poland from 1314 to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of the Greater Polish Province. Its capital was in Kalisz, and together with neighboring Poznań Voivodeship, Kalisz elected general starosta of Greater Poland. The sejmiks for the two voivodeships took place at Środa Wielkopolska, while general sejmik for the whole Province of Greater Poland took place in Koło, at the Bernardine Abbey.
The territory of the voivodeship remained unchanged from 1314 until 1768, when Gniezno Voivodeship was carved out of its northern three counties. Its original area was 15,320 km2., but after 1768 it shrank to 7,810 km2. Local starostas resided at Kalisz, Gniezno, Konin, Kcynia, Naklo, Pyzdry, and Złotów. Kalisz Voivodeship had eight senators. These were: Archbishop of Gniezno, Voivode of Kalisz (who resided at the Kalisz Royal Castle), Castellan of Kalisz, Castellan of Gniezno, and Castellans of Ląd, Nakło nad Notecią, Biechowo, and Kamieńsk.
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