Principality of Koknese

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Principality of Koknese
1180s–1206
Border speculations of Principality of Koknese
Capital	Koknese Castle 56°42′00″N 25°28′00″E / 56.70000°N 25.46667°E / 56.70000; 25.46667
Common languages	Latgalian, Selonian
Religion	Eastern Orthodox Church, Baltic paganism
Government	Principality
Prince (regulus)
• 1180s-1206	Vetseke
History
• Established	1180s
• Disestablished	1206
Preceded by Succeeded by Principality of Polotsk Archbishopric of Riga

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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.