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    The Veleti, also known as Veletians, Wilzi, Wielzians, and Wiltzes, were a group of medieval Lechitic tribes within the territory of Western Pomerania...
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    Gryllus veletis, commonly known as the spring field cricket, is abundant throughout eastern North America. G. veletis is a solitary, aggressive, omnivorous...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Zhrets (section Veleti)
    priesthood is unclear: Kazimierz Wachowski attributed to the rulers of the Veleti (Lutici) tribe the simultaneous position of high priests, and Leszek Paweł...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Obotrites proper Wagrians Warnower Polabians proper Linonen Travnjane Drevani Veleti (Wilzi), succeeded by Lutici (Liutici) Kissini (Kessiner, Chizzinen, Kyzziner)...
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    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...
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    G. pennsylvanicus and G. veletis is based on the timing of their life history, Alexander and Bigelow proposed that G. veletis and G. pennsylvanicus were...
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    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...
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    upon the Veleti, the result was war. In late July or early August 929 the Redarii, a German tributary and a sub-group of the northern Veleti, rebelled...
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    and Wagri, as well as the Redarii, Circipani, and Kissini tribes of the Veleti confederation, and the Danes, who had repeatedly campaigned the territory...
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    Ludger mentions him accompanying Charlemagne on his campaign against the Veleti leader Dragovit. According to the 12th-century Kaiserchronik, he was slain...
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    therefore used to refer to Polabian Slavs like the Obotrites, Rugian Slavs, Veleti/Lutici, and Pomeranian tribes. For people living in the medieval Northern...
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  • Polabians proper Linonen Wenden Travnjane Drevani Sorbs Venedi Luzyczanie Veleti (Wilzi) (†) Lutici (Liutici) Kissini (Kessiner, Chizzinen, Kyzziner) Circipani...
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    not known. The Slavic inhabitants, also referred to as part of the Wilzen/Veleti, diverged into several small tribes, listed from Northwest to Southeast:...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    during the Early Middle Ages List of medieval Slavic tribes Brandenburg Veleti Prissani William R. Shepherd // «The Historical Atlas (Central Europe, 919-1125)»...
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    Mecklenburg was settled by the Obotrites, Pomerania was settled by the Veleti (later Liuticians) and the Rani. Along the coast, Vikings and Slavs established...
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    Rugii Vidivarii Vistula Veneti Slavic Pomeranians Prissani Rani Ukrani Veleti Lutici Velunzani German Pomeranians Kashubians Poles Slovincians Major demographic...
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  • 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...
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    Rugii Vidivarii Vistula Veneti Slavic Pomeranians Prissani Rani Ukrani Veleti Lutici Velunzani German Pomeranians Kashubians Poles Slovincians Major demographic...
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    destroyed it completely. This provoked war with nearby Slavic nation of Wiltzi (Veléti). In the war Obotrites allied with Franks, Sorbs, Frisians fought against...
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  • Liub (category Princes of the Veleti)
    823), also known as Lub, was a grand prince of the Confederation of the Veleti, ruling from 810 to 823. He was the eldest son, and successor, of Dragovit...
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  • Dragovit (category Princes of the Veleti)
    Dragowit; Polish: Drogowit) was a pagan ruler (prince or chief) of the Veleti (Latin: rex Wiltorum; "king of the Wiltzes"). It is thought that Dragovit...
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