| Trakai Voivodeship | |||||||||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1413–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) | |||||||||||||||
| 1413–1795 | |||||||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Trakai Voivodeship (in red) in the 17th century | |||||||||||||||
 Trakai Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Trakai | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• 1570 | 31,100 km2 (12,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
• 1790 | 23,885 km2 (9,222 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1790 | 288,000 | ||||||||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Sejmik | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established by Union of Horodło | 1413 | ||||||||||||||
| 1569 | |||||||||||||||
| 1795 | |||||||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Counties: 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania Poland Belarus | ||||||||||||||
| Population and area are given according to Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 53, 71. ISBN 5-420-01585-4. | |||||||||||||||
Trakai Voivodeship,[1] Trakai Palatinate, or Troki Voivodeship[2] (Latin: Palatinatus Trocensis, Lithuanian: Trakų vaivadija, Polish: Województwo trockie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1413 until 1795.
- ^ Laužikas, Rimvydas (2004-10-15). "Trakų vaivadija". Aruodai (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Institute of History. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ Leszczyński, Anatol (1980). Żydzi ziemi bielskiej od połowy XVII w. do 1795 r.: studium osadnicze. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 248. ISBN 83-04-00389-9.