• Voivode (/ˈvɔɪvoʊd/ VOY-vohd), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode (/ˈvaɪvoʊd, ˈveɪ-/ V(A)Y-vohd), voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda...
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  • Nowogródek Voivodeship can refer to: Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919–1939) in the...
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    The Voivode of Transylvania (German: Vojwode von Siebenbürgen; Hungarian: erdélyi vajda; Latin: voivoda Transsylvaniae; Romanian: voievodul Transilvaniei)...
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  • up voivode, voivod, voivoda, voyevoda, or vojvoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up wojewoda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Voivode is...
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  • Voivodes of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were one of the highest ranking officials who could sit in the Senate of Poland. They were the officials...
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  • Volhynian Voivodeship or Wołyń Voivodeship may refer to: Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795) Wołyń Voivodeship (1793) [pl] Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)...
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    officials – voivodes and his deputy castellan. The voivodeship was divided into four powets [be]: Grodno, Kaunas, Trakai (ruled directly by the voivode), and...
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    -jə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈdrəkule̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77. He is often...
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    Płock Voivodeship (Polish: województwo płockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998 and earlier from...
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  • including a previous ruler's bastard sons, being defined as os de domn, "of Voivode marrow", or as having heregie, "heredity" (from the Latin hereditas); the...
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    1598 until the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s. The seat of the voivode was Parnawa (Pärnu). The voivodeship was created by King Zygmunt III Waza...
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    starosta of Połock, and in app. 1500, the starosta was renamed into the Voivode of Połock, while the Duchy was turned into a voivodeship, divided into...
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    Voivode George Ducas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δούκας, Geórgios Doúkas ; Romanian: Gheorghe Duca ; old Romanian: Георге Дука) (c. 1620 – 31 March 1685) was three...
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    1480) was Voivode of the principality of Wallachia in the 1470s, repeating the achievement of Dan II in being elected by the boyars as voivode on five occasions...
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    the seat of a starosta, who in the early 16th century were named voivodes. First voivode of Witebsk was Jerzy Chlebowicz (...) The Dvina river divided the...
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  • voivode was a leader of certain Vlach (Romanian) communities in the Kingdom of Hungary and western Balkans, during the Middle Ages. The term voivode is...
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    Gniezno Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Gnieźnieńskie, Latin: Palatinatus Gnesnensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland...
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    of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) since...
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    King Zygmunt August was renamed into a voivode, while the Duchy was turned into a voivodeship. First Voivode of Mscislaw was Jerzy Oscik, Traby coat...
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    Swedish Empire during the Polish–Swedish War of 1621–1625. The seat of the voivode was Dyneburg (Daugavpils). The name Inflanty is derived through Polonization...
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    Wejherowo County Government  • Body Pomeranian Voivodeship executive board  • Voivode Beata Rutkiewicz (KO)  • Marshal Mieczysław Struk (KO) Area  • Total 18...
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    Population   • 1921 2.718.014 • 1931 3.126.300 Government  • Type Voivodeship Voivodes   • 1921–1924 Kazimierz Grabowski • 1937–1939 Alfred Biłyk Historical era...
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  • This the list of voivodes of Kiev. A Kiev voivode (Polish: wojewoda kijowski) was the major administrative position in Kiev Voivodship, in the Grand Duchy...
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    1434 the Sejm created Podole Voivodeship, naming Piotr Odrowaz the first voivode. Still, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania continued to claim this land, and...
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    recently captured by Danylo Romanovych. The chief commander in Kiev was Voivode Dmytro, while Danylo was in Hungary at that time, seeking a military union...
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  • Poznań Voivodeship was the name of several former administrative regions (województwo, rendered as voivodeship and usually translated as "province") in...
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    voivodeship. The capital of the voivodeship, and the seat of its governor (voivode), was in Smolensk. It was subdivided into two powiats: Smolensk and Starodub...
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    capital of the voivodeship was in Braclaw (today Bratslav), but local voivodes also resided in Winnica (Vinnytsia). It was divided into County of Braclaw...
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  • Kalisz Voivodeship may also refer to: Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793) Kalisz Voivodeship (1816–1837) Kalisz Voivodeship (1975–1998) This disambiguation...
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    Partitions of Poland in 1772/1795. In 1635, Marcin Kalinowski was the first voivode (governor) of the Chernihiv Voivodeship. The voivodeship was part of the...
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