Trakai Voivodeship
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Trakai Voivodeship (Lithuanian: Trakų vaivadija, Polish: Województwo Trockie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (after the Union of Lublin it, together with whole Grand Duchy of Lithuania, became part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) from the 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795.
The Voivode of Trakai (Lithuanian: Trakų vaivada) was one of the most important state offices in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Voivode had been the ex officio member of the Lithuanian Council of Lords.
Voivodeship governors (wojewodas) had their residence in Trakai city, near Galvė Lake, north of the Trakai Peninsula Castle.
Voivodes:
- Jonas Goštautas (1440)
- Radvila Astikas (1466-1477)
- Martynas Goštautas (1480-1483)
- Albrecht Goštautas (1519-1522)
- Stanislovas Goštautas (1542)
- Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł (1590-1604)
- Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz (1626-1640)
- Piotr Pac (X 1640-VII 1642)
- Tadeusz Franciszek Ogiński (1770-1783)
- Józef Mikołaj Radziwiłł (since 1788)
Administrative division - 4 powiats:
