Sieradz Voivodeship (1339–1793)
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Sieradz Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo sieradzkie, Latin: Palatinatus Siradiensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1339 to the second partition of Poland in 1793. It was a part of the Greater Poland Province.
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Sieradz Voivodeship Województwo sieradzkie Palatinatus Siradiensis | |||||||||
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Voivodeship of Poland[a] | |||||||||
1339–1793 | |||||||||
The Sieradz Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635. | |||||||||
Capital | Sieradz | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 11,689.53 km2 (4,513.35 sq mi) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1339 | ||||||||
25 September 1793 | |||||||||
Political subdivisions | counties: six (four, plus two counties of Wieluń Land) | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
^a Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. The kingdom was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569. |
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The seat of the voivode was in Sieradz, while local sejmiks took place in Szadek.