Principality of Koknese
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Principality of Koknese | |||||||||
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Vetseke | |||||||||
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• Established | 1180s | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1206 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Koknese (
) during the Middle Ages.History
At the beginning of the 13th century, when the
Vetseke ruled the fortress of Koknese some 100 km upstream.[1]
According to old sources, Vetseke gave half of his land to Albert of Riga in 1205 in return for protection against the
Livonians but was released by order of the bishop. When the bishop left for Germany Vetseke rebelled, killed all the Germans in Koknese and called on Polotsk for support. The bishop and his army quickly returned and Vetseke burned his castle and fled to Novgorod. By 1209 Koknese had been taken over by the Brothers of the Sword and the sovereignty of Polotsk was finally revoked in 1215. The knights controlled the town until it was transferred to the Bishopric of Riga
in 1238.
Archaeological excavations in Koknese showed that town in the 13th century was inhabited mainly by
Slavic
minority.
See also
References
- ISBN 0-231-12888-6
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