Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship
The Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Latin: Palatinatus Brestensis) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland (later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of the historic Kuyavia region and the Greater Poland Province. Originally, its name was Brzesc Voivodeship (Województwo brzeskie), but after the 1569 Union of Lublin, it was renamed into Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship, to distinguish it from Lithuanian Brest Litovsk Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo brzesko-litewskie).
| Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship Palatinatus Brestensis Województwo brzesko-kujawskie | |||||||||
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| Voivodeship of Poland1 | |||||||||
| 14th century–1793 | |||||||||
Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1635 | |||||||||
| Capital | Brześć Kujawski | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 3,000 km2 (1,200 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 14th century | ||||||||
• Second Partition of Poland | 1793 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | counties: 5 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
| ¹ Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland before 1569. | |||||||||
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