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Principality of Jersika | |||||||||||
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1041/1190–1239 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Jersika | ||||||||||
Common languages | Latgalian | ||||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy, Paganism | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
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• 13th century | Visvaldis | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1041/1190 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1239 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Latvia |
History of Latvia |
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The Principality of Jersika (Latin: Gerzika, terra Lettia; German: Gerzika, Zargrad; Russian: Герсикское княжество, Ерсикское княжество) was a medieval Latgalian principality in the east of modern-day Latvia, and one of the largest medieval states in Latvia before the Northern Crusades. The capital of Jersika was located on a hill fort 165 kilometres (103 mi) southeast of Riga. In documents written in Latin from the 13th century, the Principality′s western part is called Lettia, and the eastern part in Old East Slavic called Lotigola.[citation needed]
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