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The Vilnius Voivodeship ( Latin : Palatinatus Vilnensis , Lithuanian : Vilniaus vaivadija , Polish : województwo wileńskie , Belarusian : Віленскае ваяводства ) was one of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania 's voivodeships, which existed from the voivodeship's creation in 1413 to the destruction of the Lithuanian state in 1795 . This voivodeship was Lithuania's largest, most politically and economically important.

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14-526: Wilno Voivodeship may refer to: Vilnius Voivodeship , one of the historic voivodeships of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, established in 1413 Wilno Voivodeship (1926–1939) , voivodeship of Poland from 1926 to 1939 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilno Voivodeship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

28-537: The Alšėniškiai in the late 13th and mid-16th centuries. It was first mentioned in the Bychowiec Chronicle , where Alšis  [ lt ] , son of Romuntas  [ lt ] (slavicized as Holsza , son of Romunt ), according to legend, was the one who "founded a town on the river Korablis; He arose from there, began reigning and called himself the duke of Alšėnai". Maciej Stryjkowski also relates

42-637: The Red Army . Following the annexation of Central Lithuania by Poland, during the Interwar , most of the former Voivodeship ended up under the Second Polish Republic while the rest was ruled by Lithuanians. According to the Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty in 1920, most of the former voivodeship should have been part of Lithuania. After World War II, the occupying Soviet Union assigned most of

56-647: The Trakai Voivodeship . From Vitebsk 's lands, the Vilnius Voivodeship received Mogilev , which belonged to the Grand Duchess of Lithuania , Knyazhytsi  [ be ] , Tyatseryn  [ be ] and Aboltsi  [ be ] . Moreover, the Principalities of Alšėnai , Kletsk  [ be ] , Novogrudok  [ be ] , Slutsk , Trobos and Izyaslavl were part of

70-582: The partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the voivodeship, also known as a palatinate, was composed of five counties (Lithuanian: plural - pavietai , singular - pavietas ): The Voivode of Vilnius was ranked first in importance among the secular members of the Lithuanian Council of Lords . In the voivode hierarchy of Poland-Lithuania, established by the Union of Lublin in 1569,

84-632: The partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , the Vilnius Voivodeship was occupied by the Russian Empire . Most of the territory became the Vilna Governorate . In 1843, its northern part was assigned to Kovno Governorate . After World War I , the lands of the former Vilnius Voivodeship were fought over by the Lithuanian Army , Central Lithuania with its Army , the Polish Army , and

98-560: The Vilnius Voivodeship. Novogrudok became a separate Voivodeship in 1507. The Vilnius Voivodeship was the location of many large estates. These were centred on the following places and owned by those families: Goštautai owned Hieraniony , the Radziwiłłs had Nyasvizh and Dubingiai , Zaberezinskiai had Zaberezinas, while the Astikai had Vyžuonos . In 1566, during the administrative and judicial reforms of 1564–66, Vilnius Voivodeship

112-582: The Voivode of Vilnius, who was also a senator of the Polish–Lithuanian Sejm , took the fourth place and the Castellan of Vilnius - the sixth place. 54°40′58″N 25°16′12″E  /  54.682738°N 25.269943°E  / 54.682738; 25.269943 Principality of Al%C5%A1%C4%97nai The Principality of Alšėnai  ( Lithuanian : Alšėnų kunigaikštystė ) was a feudal patrimony of

126-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilno_Voivodeship&oldid=1064983572 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Vilnius Voivodeship The Vilnius Voivodeship

140-615: The origins of the Alšėniškiai family to Alšis Romuntavičius ( c.  1250 ), coming from the line of Dausprungas . The princes of Alšėnai held high positions in the Lithuanian state for a long time. In 1440 and 1492, meetings were held in Alšėnai to determine the candidates for the Grand Ducal throne. In the middle of the 16th century, the ancestral possession of the Alšėniškiai passed to

154-486: The voivodeship's territory that was previously under Polish rule to the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic . Geographically the area was centred on the city of Vilnius , which had always been the capital of the entity and the seat of a voivode . However, the actual territory of the voivodeship varied over time. Together with the Trakai Voivodeship it was known as Lithuania propria . Until

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168-672: Was created instead of the Vilnius Viceroyalty (Lithuanian: Vilniaus vietininkija ) during the Pact of Horodło in 1413. The core of the Vilnius Voivodeship was the Vilnius County, which was composed of the Vilnius Bailiwick (Lithuanian: Vilniaus tijūnija ), which was composed of the manors of Vilnius , Nemenčinė , Švenčionys , Dysna and other places, in addition to almost all of Lithuania on both side of Neris . Also included

182-521: Was divided into the counties of Vilnius  [ lt ] , Ashmyany  [ be ] , Braslaw  [ be ] , Lida  [ be ] (assigned from Trakai Voivodeship ), Vilkmergė  [ lt ] . Simultaneously, Vitebsk' lands, the Upper Dnieper, most of the Lithuanian Rus', the Principalities of Kletsk and Sluck were separated from the Vilnius Voivodeship. After

196-622: Was the Breslauja Viceroyalty (Lithuanian: Breslaujos vietininkija ), Svir , the lands of the dukes Giedraičiai and the counties of the so-called Lithuanian Rus' , which included Maladzyechna , Hajna  [ be ] , Minsk , Barysaw , Rechytsa , Svisloch  [ be ] , Propoysk ‑ Chachersk . In the Upper Dnieper, the Vilnius Voivodeship had half of the Horval  [ be ] , Liubushany  [ be ] and Babruysk parishes, whose remaining part belonged to

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