First one covered the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the remaining two were artificially made, and it is not known who and in what way created them.

Furthermore, to Lesser Poland belonged thirteen towns of Spiš, located behind the Carpathians.

In the mid-16th century, the three voivodeships of Lesser Poland (without Siewierz and Spis) had 922 Roman-Catholic parishes, 205 towns and 5,500 villages.

[3] Following the 1569 Union of Lublin, the lands of Red Ruthenia, Volhynia, Podolia and Ukraine were added to Royal domain (the Crown), joining the Province of Lesser Poland.

As a result, Lesser Poland consisted of eleven voivodeships, three duchies and three lands.