Voivode

For other uses of "voivod", "voyevoda", etc., see Voivode of Transylvania, Voivodes of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Voivode (Vlach leader), and Voivode (disambiguation).
"Wojewoda" redirects here. For Polish film, see Wojewoda (film). For biology author abbreviation, see Władysław Wojewoda.

Voivode is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe, in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Polish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Balkan, Russian and other Slavic-speaking populations.

In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, voivode was interchangeably used with palatine. In the Tsardom of Russia, a voivode was a military governor. Among the Danube principalities, and in Bohemia, voivode was considered a princely title.

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