Masovian Voivodeship (1526–1795)
| Masovian Voivodeship Palatinatus Masoviensis Województwo Mazowieckie | |||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Poland¹ | |||||||||||||
| 1526–1795 | |||||||||||||
The Masovian Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Warsaw | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• | 23,200 km2 (9,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1526 | ||||||||||||
| 24 October 1795 | |||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Ten lands divided into 22 counties | ||||||||||||
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| ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. | |||||||||||||
Masovian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Mazowieckie) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1526 to the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to 1795. Together with Płock and Rawa Voivodeships, it formed the province of Masovia. Its area was divided into ten lands. The seat of the voivode was Warsaw, local sejmiks also convened in Warsaw, at St. Martin's church.