Trakai Voivodeship
| Trakai Voivodeship | |||||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1413–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) | |||||||||||||||
| 1413–1795 | |||||||||||||||
Trakai Voivodeship (in red) in the 17th century | |||||||||||||||
Trakai Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Trakai | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• 1570 | 31,100 km2 (12,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
• 1790 | 23,885 km2 (9,222 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1790 | 288,000 | ||||||||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Sejmik | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established by Union of Horodło | 1413 | ||||||||||||||
| 1569 | |||||||||||||||
| 1795 | |||||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Counties: 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania Poland Belarus | ||||||||||||||
| Population and area are given according to Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 53, 71. ISBN 5-420-01585-4. | |||||||||||||||
Trakai Voivodeship, Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Trocensis, Lithuanian: Trakų vaivadija, Polish: Województwo trockie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795.