| Vilnius Voivodeship | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (part of the federative Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1569) | |||||||||
| 1413–1795 | |||||||||
 Vilnius Voivodeship in red. Voivodeship's borders did not change since the Union of Lublin. | |||||||||
 Vilnius Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||||||||
| Capital | Vilnius | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 44,200 km2 (17,100 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 1413 | |||||||||
| 1795 | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | counties (aka. pavietas, powiat): five | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Lithuania Belarus Latvia¹ | ||||||||
| ¹ Small portion around Aknīste | |||||||||
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2022) |
The Vilnius Voivodeship (Latin: Palatinatus Vilnensis, Lithuanian: Vilniaus vaivadija, Polish: województwo wileńskie, Belarusian: Віленскае ваяводства) was one of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's voivodeships, which existed from the voivodeship's creation in 1413 to the destruction of the Lithuanian state in 1795.[1] This voivodeship was Lithuania's largest, most politically and economically important.[1]
- ^ a b Gudavičius 2022.