The Veleti, also known as Veletians, Wilzi, Wielzians, and Wiltzes, were a group of medieval Lechitic tribes within the territory of Western Pomerania...

Gryllus veletis, commonly known as the spring field cricket, is abundant throughout eastern North America. G. veletis is a solitary, aggressive, omnivorous...

Tollensians (Tholenzi). At least in part, the Lutici were a continuation of the Veleti. In contrast to the former and the neighboring peoples, the Lutici were...

Pristimantis veletis is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Colombia and is only known from the vicinity of its type locality...

Europe to the east of the Elbe. Among other tribes it lists the Uuilci (Veleti) with 95 civitates, the Nortabtrezi (Obotrites) with 53 civitates, the Surbi...

Mieszko I, with aid of the Duchy of Bohemia against the Confederacy of the Veleti led by Wichmann the Younger, with aid of Wolinians. The exact location of...

allies of Charlemagne in his wars against the Germanic Saxons and the Slavic Veleti. The Obotrites under Prince Thrasco defeated the Saxons in the Battle of...

priesthood is unclear: Kazimierz Wachowski attributed to the rulers of the Veleti (Lutici) tribe the simultaneous position of high priests, and Leszek Paweł...

and Wagri, as well as the Redarii, Circipani, and Kissini tribes of the Veleti confederation, and the Danes, who had repeatedly campaigned the territory...

with later aid of the Duchy of Bohemia against the Confederacy of the Veleti led by Wichmann the Younger, with later aid of Wolinians. The war consisted...

Obotrites proper Wagrians Warnower Polabians proper Linonen Travnjane Drevani Veleti (Wilzi), succeeded by Lutici (Liutici) Kissini (Kessiner, Chizzinen, Kyzziner)...

civitates by the Bavarian Geographer, ca. 845. Associated with both the Veleti (later Lutici) and the Pomeranians, they were based on the island of Wolin...

the 11th century. The Sorbs and other Polabian Slavs like Obodrites and Veleti came under the domination of the Holy Roman Empire and were strongly Germanized...

Rugii Vidivarii Vistula Veneti Slavic Pomeranians Prissani Rani Ukrani Veleti Lutici Velunzani German Pomeranians Kashubians Poles Slovincians Major demographic...

Polabians proper Linonen Wenden Travnjane Drevani Sorbs Venedi Luzyczanie Veleti (Wilzi) (†) Lutici (Liutici) Kissini (Kessiner, Chizzinen, Kyzziner) Circipani...

his troops to the Peene river, against the Veleti who were allies of the Saxons. Dragovit, king of the Veleti, whose castle, civitas Dragowiti was said...

least in parts inhabited by a large Slavic population (see Obotrites and Veleti) and for a long time from the High Middle Ages onwards was first under Danish...

Mecklenburg was settled by the Obotrites, Pomerania was settled by the Veleti (later Liuticians) and the Rani. Along the coast, Vikings and Slavs established...

therefore used to refer to Polabian Slavs like the Obotrites, Rugian Slavs, Veleti/Lutici, and Pomeranian tribes. For people living in the medieval Northern...

Rugii Vidivarii Vistula Veneti Slavic Pomeranians Prissani Rani Ukrani Veleti Lutici Velunzani German Pomeranians Kashubians Poles Slovincians Major demographic...

Ludger mentions him accompanying Charlemagne on his campaign against the Veleti leader Dragovit. According to the 12th-century Kaiserchronik, he was slain...

known as the Veleti (also known as the Wiltzes and later Liutizians) after Germanic tribes moved south in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Veleti separated...

not known. The Slavic inhabitants, also referred to as part of the Wilzen/Veleti, diverged into several small tribes, listed from Northwest to Southeast:...

Milegast (8th/9th century) was a prince of the Confederation of the Veleti, ruling in 823. He was the eldest son, and successor, of Liub. In 823, he was...

and the "Slavs" (623–658); in the Frankish Annals Drogoviz, ruler of the Veleti (789); in Annales Mettenses priores in c. 805 Trpimir I, ruler of Duchy...

contested supremacy of the Slavs of the Elbe and Baltic coast with the Veleti to the east and the Polani to the south. The Polans under the Piasts drew...

destroyed it completely. This provoked war with nearby Slavic nation of Wiltzi (Veléti). In the war Obotrites allied with Franks, Sorbs, Frisians fought against...

790–806) Duchy of Thuringia (complete list) – Heden II, Duke (689–719) Veleti – Dragovit, Prince (c.740–post-789) Volga Bulgaria (complete list) – Kotrag...

Confederation of the Veleti. He was the second son of Liub. In 823, his brother, Milegast, who, at the time, was a ruler of the Veleti, was deposed, with...

Polish: Drogowit; died in 810;) was a pagan ruler (prince or chief) of the Veleti (Latin: rex Wiltorum; "king of the Wiltzes"). It is thought that Dragovit...