Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)

Infobox Former Subdivision
conventional_long_name = Podlaskie Voivodeship
common_name = Podlaskie
native_name = Województwo Podlaskie
subdivision = Voivodeship
nation = Poland¹
year_start = 1513
event_end = Third partition
year_end = 1795
date_end = October 24
p1 = Trakai Voivodeship
image_p1 =
p2 = Yotvingia
flag_p2 =
s1 = Białystok Department
flag_s1 = Flag of Prussia (1750).gif
s2 = West Galicia
flag_s2 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg

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image_map_caption = The Podlaskie Voivodeship in
the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1635.
capital = Bielsk Podlaskie, Drohiczyn
stat_area1 =
stat_year1 =
stat_pop1 =
political_subdiv = Urban counties: 3
Land counties: 2
footnotes = ¹ Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivodeship of Grand Duchy of Lithuania before 1569.

The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the OldFact|date=July 2008 as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai Voivodeship.

With Lithuania's union with the Kingdom of Poland in 1569 and formation of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the voivodeship was transferred to the Polish Crown.

The governor of the Podlaskie Voivodeship was first located in Bielsk Podlaski, but later moved to Drohiczyn.

Voivodes included
*Jan Wodyński (1613–1616)
*Andrzej Chądzyński (1625–1633)
*Paweł Szczawinski (February 1633–1634)
*Stanisław Niemira (1634–1646/1648)

Administrative Subdivisions

The Voivodeship consisted of the following counties:
* County of Bielsk (ziemia bielska, Bielsk)
* Country of Drohiczyn (ziemia drohicka, Drohiczyn)
* Country of Mielnik (ziemia mielnicka, Mielnik)