Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)

Nowogródek Voivodeship in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Nowogródek Voivodeship (red) in 17th century

Nowogródek Voivodeship (Polish: województwo nowogródzkie, Belarusian: Навагрудзкае ваяводзтва, Latin: Palatinatus Novogrodensis) was a unit of administrative division of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (from 1507) and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1569) with the capital in the town of Nowogródek (now Belarus).

It was divided into three powiats (Nowogródek, Wołkowysk, and Słonim) and well as the Duchy of Słuck. It had two senators, two deputies for Sejm and two deputies for the Lithuanian Tribunal. Nowogródek Voivodeship ceased to exist along with the sovereign state of Poland following the three military Partitions of Poland perpetrated by the neighboring empires towards the end of 18th century.^[1]

Voivodes

• Martynas Goštautas (Marcin Gasztołdowicz; 1464–1471), appointed by King Casimir Jagiellon
• Albrecht Goštautas (1508–1514), to King Sigismund I the Old
• Stanislovas Goštautas (Stanisław Gasztołd, 1530–1542), to King Sigismund II Augustus
• Mikołaj Sapieha (1618–1638), to King Sigismund III Vasa
• Aleksander Słuszka (1638–1643)
• Tomasz Sapieha (I 1643–IV 1646)

See also

• Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Notes and references

1. ^ Żmigrodzki J. "Nowogródek i okolice". Nowogródek, 1931.. Nakładem Nowogródzkiego Oddziału Polsk. Tow. Krajoznawczego z zasiłkiem Ministerstwa Robót Publicznych. http://pawet.net/library/history/bel_history/_books/zmi/Żmigrodzki_J._Nowogródek_i_okolice.html. Retrieved August 05, 2011.