Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795)

The Volhynia Voivodship ( Polish: województwo wołyńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Volhynensis ) was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Poland - Lithuania in the area of ​​present-day Ukraine. Emerged she was from a vassal principality, which had been ruled by descendants of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas. 1566-1569 part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, she came in the wake of the Lublin Union to the Polish half of the Empire and was part of the Ruthenian lands of the province of Lesser Poland. The province existed until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. The area came to the province of Volhynia of the Russian Empire after.

Seat of the voivode and the Sejmiks (stands representation ) was Luck ( Lutsk Ukr ). At the same time the Generalsejmik the Ruthenian lands in Sądowa Wisznia ( Ukr Sudowa Wyschnja ) was charged.

Administrative Divisions

• Powiat Luck ( powiat Lucki )
• Włodzimierz powiat ( powiat włodzimirski ), Volodymyr- Wolynskyj
• Powiat Krzemieniec ( powiat Krzemieniecki ) Kremenez

Voivode

• Janusz Ostrogski (since 1558 )
• Aleksander Ostrogski (since 1593)
• Adam Aleksander Sanguszko (1630-1653)
• Mikołaj Hieronim Sieniawski (since 1679 )
• Franciszek Potocki Salezy (1755 )
• Józef Kanty Ossoliński (1757-1775 (resigned ) )