Confederation of the Veleti | |||||||||
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| 8th century–10th century | |||||||||
 Map of the important tribes and settlements of Veleti, around year 1000. | |||||||||
| Status | Independent confederation of Polabian Slavic tribes[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Capital | none or unknown | ||||||||
| Common languages | Polabian Slavic[citation needed] | ||||||||
| Religion | Polabian[a] Slavic paganism, the known major cults:
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| Government | Confederal monarchy (Principality) | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Formed | 8th century | ||||||||
• Collapse of Veletian central rule | 789 | ||||||||
• Veleti tribes reorganized to the Lutician federation | 10th century | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Veleti,[b] also known as Veletians, Wilzi, Wielzians, and Wiltzes, were a group of medieval Lechitic tribes within the territory of Western Pomerania, related to Polabian Slavs. They had formed together the Confederation of the Veleti, also known as the Union of the Veleti,[c] a loose monarchic confederation of the tribes.[1] Said state existed between the 6th and 10th centuries, after which, it was succeeded by the Lutician Federation.[2]
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- ^ J. Sochacki, Związek Lucicki – między Polską a cesarstwem..., p. 26–27.
- ^ Thietmar of Merseburg, Thietmari merseburgiensis episcopi chronicon, VIII, 5(4).