Wenden Voivodeship

The Wends Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wendeńskie ) was a short-lived administrative unit in the Polish- Lithuanian Duchy of Livonia.

The province consisted of an administrative reform in 1598 until the occupation of the north-western part of the territory, including the capital Wenden ( lett: Cesis ). Sweden 1620 by international law, these territorial losses were recognized only in 1660. The remains of the contact province went to the province of Livonia ( "Polish Livonia " ) on.

Voivode

With residence, contact:

  • Jerzy Farensbach ( Jürgen von Farensbach ), ( 1598-1602 )
  • Maciej Demblński
  • Krzysztof Słuszka

Residence in "Polish Livonia ":

  • Joachim Tarnowski (1627-1641)
  • Tomasz Sapieha (1641-1643)
  • Paweł Sapieha
  • Mikołaj Korft ( 1656)
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