Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)
| Podlaskie Voivodeship | |||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Lithuania (1513–1569) and then Poland (1569–1795) | |||||||||||||
| 1513–1795 | |||||||||||||
The Podlaskie Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1619. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Drohiczyn | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Motto | Par putat esse nihil (Latin for 'Par thinks there is nothing') | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1513 | ||||||||||||
| 24 October 1795 | |||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 3 lands, which were equivalent to counties | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland Belarus¹ | ||||||||||||
| ¹ South-eastern part of the pre-1566 territory of the voivodeship. | |||||||||||||
The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai Voivodeship. After Lithuania's union with the Kingdom of Poland in 1569 and formation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the voivodeship was transferred to the Polish Crown, where it belonged to the Lesser Poland Province.