Principality of Koknese was a small independent landlocked country on the right bank of Daugava river. At the time in the beginning of the 13th century, when the crusading Sword Brethren led by the Bishop Albert of Riga began to occupy the shores of the Gulf of Riga, Eastern Orthodox Prince Vetseke ruled the fortress of Koknese some 100 km southeast.

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  • Principality of Koknese was a small independent landlocked country on the right bank of Daugava river. At the time in the beginning of the 13th century, when the crusading Sword Brethren led by the Bishop Albert of Riga began to occupy the shores of the Gulf of Riga, Eastern Orthodox Prince Vetseke ruled the fortress of Koknese some 100 km southeast. According to other sources, it was indeed in return for protection against the Duchy of Samogitia and the Principality of Polatsk, that Vetseke gave half of his land to Albert of Riga in 1205. During one of the raids he was captured by Sword Brethren and delivered in chains to Riga, where the bishop set him free. Thereupon Vetseke burnt his capital and the fortress and retreated to Novgorod Republic. By 1209 Koknese had been taken over by the Brethren of Sword and the sovereignty of Polatsk was finally revoked in 1215. The knights then controlled the town until its transference to The Bishopric of Riga in 1238.
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  • Europe
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  • Principality of Koknese
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  • Koknese
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  • Principality of Polatsk
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  • Baltic
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  • Archbishopric of Riga
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  • 1180s-1206
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  • 1180s
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  • Principality of Koknese was a small independent landlocked country on the right bank of Daugava river. At the time in the beginning of the 13th century, when the crusading Sword Brethren led by the Bishop Albert of Riga began to occupy the shores of the Gulf of Riga, Eastern Orthodox Prince Vetseke ruled the fortress of Koknese some 100 km southeast.
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