Viipuri Province [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Viipuri Province
The Viipuri Province (", commonly abbreviated" Vpl, or Wiborgs län) was a province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
History.
The predecessor of the province was Vyborg Governorate, which was established in 1744 from territories ceded by the Swedish Empire to Russia in 1721 (Treaty of Nystad) and in 1743 (Treaty of Åbo). These territories originated as parts of the Viborg and Nyslott County and Kexholm County in 1721, and parts of the Savolax and Kymmenegård County in 1743. The
- 1534 Johan, Count of Hoya and Bruchhausen (d. 1535), son-in-law of Sten Sture's nephew, brother-in-law of the reigning king Gustav I.
In 1534, Gustav I of Sweden, Sten Sture's grandnephew, abolished the independent fief.
Lord Nicholas Grabbe was the next commander of the Viipuri castle, 1534–45, but he did not receive the feudal privileges held by earlier chatelains.
See also.
- Viipuri Province