Principality of Koknese

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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.

Establishment

January 1191: The Principality of Koknese was established in the 1180s.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1206: Vetseke gave half of his land to Albert of Riga in 1205 in return for protection against the Duchy of Samogitia.

January 1209: By 1208 the important Daugava trading posts of Salaspils, Koknese and Sēlpils Castle had been taken over as a result of Albert's energetic campaigning.