Brest Litovsk Voivodeship (; ) was a unit of administrative territorial division and a seat of local government (voivode) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth) from 1566 until the May Constitution in 1791, and from 1791 to 1795 (partitions of Poland) as a voivodeship in Poland. It was constituted from Brest-Litovsk and Pinsk counties.
History
It was created from the southern part of Trakai Voivodeship in 1566. In 1791 Kobryn and Pinsk-Zarzeche (whose center was Poltnica, now Plotnitsa) counties were created. Pinsk-Zarzeche county was renamed Zapynsky and its seat was moved to Stolin. After the Second Partition of Poland, in 1793, Pinsk and Zapynsky counties became part of the Russian Empire's Minsk Governorate. The remainder of it was dissolved in 1795 and became part of Slonim Governorate.
Governors
Voivodeship Governor (Wojewoda) seat:
Voivodes:
- Jerzy Ilinicz (1566)
- Jerzy Tyszkiewicz Ã
Âohojski (1566-1576)
- Gabriel Hornostaj (1576-1587)
- MikoÃ
Âaj MichaÃ
 Sapieha (1587-1588)
- Jan Kiszka (1589âÂÂ1592)
- Krzysztof Zenowicz (Zienowicz) (1592âÂÂ1615)
- Jan Ostafi Tyszkiewicz Ã
Âohojski (1615-1631)
- Aleksander Ludwik RadziwiÃ
ÂÃ
 (1631âÂÂ1635)
- MikoÃ
Âaj Sapieha (XI 1638-VII 1642)
- Teofil Iwan Tryzna (1642âÂÂ1644)
- Andrzej Massalski (1645-1651/1652)
- Jerzy Klonowski (1652âÂÂ1653)
- Maksymilian Brzozowski (1653-1659)
- Kazimierz Ludwik JewÃ
Âaszewski (1659âÂÂ1664)
- Jakub Teodor Kuncewicz (1664âÂÂ1666/1667)
- Melchior StanisÃ
Âaw Sawicki (1666âÂÂ1668)
- Krzysztof Piekarski (1668-1672)
- Stefan Kurcz (1672âÂÂ1702)
- Krzysztof Komorowski (1702-1708)
- WÃ
ÂadysÃ
Âaw Jozafat Sapieha (1709-1733)
- Kazimierz Leon Sapieha (1735-1738)
- Adam Tadeusz Chodkiewicz (1738-1745)
- Jan MichaÃ
 SoÃ
ÂÃ
Âohub (1745-1748)
- Karol Józef Sapieha (1748-1768)
- Jan Antoni Horain (1768-1777)
- MikoÃ
Âaj Tadeusz Ã
ÂopaciÃ
Âski (1777âÂÂ1778)
- Jan Tadeusz Zyberg (1783âÂÂ1795)
References