Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)
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Lublin Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Lubelskie; Latin: Palatinatus Lublinensis) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland created in 1474 out of three eastern counties of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting until the Partitions of Poland in 1795. Together with Sandomierz Voivodeship and Kraków Voivodeship, it was part of historic Lesser Poland (see Lesser Poland Province). Lublin Voivodeship had two senators in the Senate of the Kingdom of Poland: the Voivode and the Castellan of Lublin. Local sejmiks took place in Lublin.
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Lublin Voivodeship Województwo Lubelskie Palatinatus Lublinensis | |||||||||
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Voivodeship of Poland | |||||||||
1474–1795 | |||||||||
Lublin Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635 | |||||||||
Capital | Lublin | ||||||||
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• | 10,230 km2 (3,950 sq mi) | ||||||||
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• Established | 1474 | ||||||||
24 October 1795 | |||||||||
Political subdivisions | counties: 3 | ||||||||
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