Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
| Masovian Voivodeship Palatinatus Masoviensis Województwo Mazowieckie |
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| Voivodeship of Poland¹ | |||||
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 the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. |
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| Capital | Warsaw | ||||
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| • | Established | 1526 | |||
| • | Third partition | October 24, 1795 | |||
| Area | 23,200 km2(8,958 sq mi) | ||||
| Political subdivisions | Ten lands divided into 22 counties | ||||
| ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. | |||||
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Masovian Voivodeship, 1526–1795 (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 1526 to the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province of Masovia. Its area was 23,200 km2., divided into ten lands (see ziemia). The seat of the voivode was Warsaw, local sejmiks also convened in Warsaw, at St. Martin's church.
The voivodeship was officially created by King Sigismund I the Old on December 27, 1529, three years after incorporation of the Duchy of Masovia into the Kingdom of Poland. In the Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, it had eight senators. These were: the Voivode of Mazovia, the Castellan of Czersk, and Castellans of Wizna, Wyszogród, Zakroczym, Warszawa, Ciechanów, and Liw.
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