Principality of Koknese
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The Principality of Koknese (Russian: Кукейносское княжество; German: Fürstentum Kokenhusen; Latin: Terra Kukonois) was a small vassal state of the Principality of Polotsk on the right bank of the Daugava River in ancient Livonia (modern Latvia) during the Middle Ages.
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1180s–1206 | |||||||||
Capital | Koknese Castle 56°42′00″N 25°28′00″E | ||||||||
Common languages | Latgalian, Selonian | ||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodox Church, Baltic paganism | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
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• 1180s-1206 | Vetseke | ||||||||
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• Established | 1180s | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1206 | ||||||||
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