The Dorpat Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo dorpackie or województwo derpskie)[1] was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia, part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1598 until the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s. The seat of the voivode was in the town of Dorpat (Tartu), while the regional assembly (sejmik) for the whole province of Livonia was located in Wenden. The area of the Dorpat Voivodeship was app. 9,000 square kilometers, and it had two senators in the Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The voivodeship was created by King Zygmunt III Waza in 1598, out of the Dorpat Presidency, which had existed since the Truce of Jam Zapolski (1582). It was divided into five districts:
dorpat, voivodeship, polish, województwo, dorpackie, województwo, derpskie, unit, administrative, division, local, government, duchy, livonia, part, polish, lithuanian, commonwealth, from, 1598, until, swedish, conquest, livonia, 1620s, seat, voivode, town, do. The Dorpat Voivodeship Polish Wojewodztwo dorpackie or wojewodztwo derpskie 1 was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia part of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1598 until the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s The seat of the voivode was in the town of Dorpat Tartu while the regional assembly sejmik for the whole province of Livonia was located in Wenden The area of the Dorpat Voivodeship was app 9 000 square kilometers and it had two senators in the Senate of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Dorpat VoivodeshipWojewodztwo dorpackieVoivodeship of Livonia 1598 1621Coat of armsDorpat Voivodeship in the Duchy of Livonia CapitalDorpatArea 9 000 km2 3 500 sq mi HistoryHistory Established1598 Polish Swedish War1621Succeeded bySwedish Livonia The Duchy of Livonia was a vassal to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Union of Lublin in 1569 and after that a part of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth The voivodeship was created by King Zygmunt III Waza in 1598 out of the Dorpat Presidency which had existed since the Truce of Jam Zapolski 1582 It was divided into five districts district starostwo of Dorpat Tartu district starostwo of Oberpahlen Poltsamaa district starostwo of Lais Laiuse district starostwo of Kirrumpah Kirumpaa district starostwo of Neuhausen Vastseliina It effectively ceased to exist in 1621 when northern Livonia was conquered by the Swedish Empire and turned into Swedish Livonia see also Polish Swedish War 1600 1629 Officially the Dorpat Voivodeship was liquidated in 1660 following the Treaty of Oliva Nevertheless the title of Voivode of Dorpat was kept until the Partitions of Poland as the so called fictitious title Polish urzad fikcyjny Contents 1 Castellans of Dorpat 1 1 Titular castellans 2 Voivodes 3 Titular voivodes 4 ReferencesCastellans of Dorpat Edit1599 1609 Maciej Leniek 1612 1625 Bertrand OlszerTitular castellans Edit 1627 1631 Aleksander Massalski 1638 1643 Piotr Rudomina Dusiacki 1644 1646 Henryk DenhoffVoivodes EditThe voivodes of Dorpat Voivodeship 1 1598 1600 Jan Abramowicz 1598 Gerard Denhoff Gerhard Donhoff c 1550 1598 pl 1600 1602 Marcin Kurcz died 1602 pl 1609 1617 Teodor Dadzbog Karnkowski 1573 1617 1617 1627 Mikolaj Kiszka c 1588 1644 Titular voivodes Edit26 August 1625 Tartu capitulated to Sweden 1627 1634 Kasper Doenhoff Caspar Donhoff c 1588 1645 1634 1640 Gothard Jan Tyzenhauz died 1640 1641 1651 Andrzej Leszczynski c 1606 1651 1651 1651 Enoch Kolenda 1651 1654 Teodor Denhoff died 1654 pl 1654 1654 Zygmunt Opacki died 1654 1654 1658 Olbracht Opacki c 1621 1680 1657 Aleksander Ludwik Wolff 1657 1658 Zygmunt Wybranowski 1658 1660 Przeclaw Pawel Leszczynski 1605 1670 1670 1676 Samuel Leszczynski 1637 1676 References Edit a b Niesiecki Kasper 1846 Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego in Polish Waif p 228 58 22 33 N 26 43 37 E 58 375863 N 26 726967 E 58 375863 26 726967 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dorpat Voivodeship amp oldid 1124562586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
