Parnawa Voivodeship

Województwo parnawskie
Parnawa Voivodeship
Voivodeship of Livonia¹
1598–1621 →

Coat of arms
Parnawa Voivodeship in the Duchy of Livonia.
Capital Parnawa
History
 - Established 1598
 - Polish–Swedish War 1621
Area 12,000 km2 (4,633 sq mi)
¹ The Duchy of Livonia was a vassal to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until the Union of Lublin in 1569, and after that a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The Parnawa Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo parnawskie) [1] was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Duchy of Livonia, part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, since it was formed in 1598 till the Swedish conquest of Livonia in the 1620s.

The seat of the voivode was Parnawa (Pärnu).

Voivodes

The voivodes of Dorpat Voivodeship. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Niesiecki, Kasper (1846) (in Polish). Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego. Waif. pp. P.228. http://books.google.com/books?id=sGBJAAAAIAAJ&printsec. 
Province of
Greater Poland
Province of
Lesser Poland
Grand Duchy of
Lithuania
Polish Livonia
Fiefs