Vilnius Voivodeship

The Vilnius Voivodeship (Palatinatus Vilnensis, Vilniaus vaivadija, województwo wileńskie, 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. This voivodeship was Lithuania's largest, most politically and economically important. History of Vilnius File:Recueil d'armoiries polonaises COA of Vilnius Voivodeship.png|The Voivodeship's coat of arms in 1555 File:CoA Vilnius Palatinate (Chatelain, 1712).png|As depicted in 1712 File:Vilnia, Pahonia. Вільня, Пагоня (1720) (2).jpg|As depicted in 1720 File:CoA Vilnius Palatinate (Starzyński, 1875).png|As depicted in 1875 The Vilnius Voivodeship was created instead of the Vilnius Viceroyalty (Vilniaus vietininkija) during the Pact of Horodło in 1413. The core of the Vilnius Voivodeship was the Vilnius County, which was composed of the Vilnius Bailiwick (Vilniaus tijūnija), which was composed of the manors of Vilnius, Nemenčinė, Švenčionys, Dysna and other places, in addition to almost all of Lithuania on both side of Neris. Also included was the Breslauja Viceroyalty (Breslaujos vietininkija), Svir, the lands of the dukes Giedraičiai and the counties of the so-called Lithuanian Rus', which included Maladzyechna, be, Minsk, Barysaw, Rechytsa, Svisloch, Propoysk‐Chachersk. In the Upper Dnieper, the Vilnius Voivodeship had half of the be, Liubushany and Babruysk parishes, whose remaining part belonged to the Trakai Voivodeship. From Vitebsk's lands, the Vilnius Voivodeship received Mogilev, which belonged to the Grand Duchess of Lithuania, be, be and be. Moreover, the Principalities of Alšėnai, be, be, Slutsk, Trobos and Izyaslavl were part of the Vilnius Voivodeship. Novogrudok became a separate Voivodeship in 1507. The Vilnius Voivodeship was the location of many large estates. These were centred on the following places and owned by those families: Goštautai owned Hieraniony, the Radziwiłłs had Nyasvizh and Dubingiai, Zaberezinskiai had Zaberezinas, while the Astikai had Vyžuonos.