Inflanty

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Inflanty Polskie (pl) Inflanty Vassal of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ← 1660 – 1772 → Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Province of Greater Poland, Lesser Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Inflanty Capital Dyneburg (Daugavpils) 55°53′N, 26°32′E Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland  - 1648–68 John II Casimir Vasa  - 1764–95 Stanisław August Poniatowski Governor Not specified Historical era Early Modern Age  - Treaty of Oliva April 23, 1660  - 1st Partition of Poland August 5, 1772

Inflanty is the Polish name for Livonia. In English, Inflanty usually refers to the portion of the Duchy of Livonia retained by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Treaty of Oliva in 1660.

Livonia had been part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — and, from 1561, the Polish-Lithuanian — after the Livonian Brothers of the Sword were secularised in the Union of Wilno.

Most of Livonia was conquered by Sweden in 1620s, in the course of the Polish-Swedish Wars. Under Swedish rule, the territory became known as Swedish Livonia (Polish: Inflanty Szwedzkie), which was formally recognised by the Treaty of Oliva. The part of Inflanty remaining in the Commonwealth was informally known as Polish Livonia (Polish: Inflanty Polskie) and was roughly equivalent to today's Latgale, one of the four cultural regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Administrative divisions 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Etymology

The name Inflanty is derived through Polonisation of Livland, the German name for Livonia.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Between 1598 and 1620s, the territory was administratively divided into three:

• Dorpat Voivodeship (Polish: województwo dorpackie), with centre in Tartu (German: Dorpat)
• Parnawa Voivodeship (Polish: województwo parnawskie), with centre in Pärnu
• Wenden Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wendeńskie), with centre in Cēsis (German: Wenden, Estonian: Võnnu)

Since 1620s, the whole territory was administered as a single Livonian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo inflanckie) with centre in Daugavpils (Polish: Dyneburg, German: Dünaburg).

[edit] See also

• History of Poland
• History of Lithuania
• History of Latvia
• Livonia

[edit] External links

• Duchy of Livonia
• Duchy of Courland
• (Polish) Herby Inflant
• (Polish) Herb ziemi inflanckiej
• Inflanty
• Map of Livonia

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