Yotvingia Sūdava Dainava | |||||||||||
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| 7th century–1442 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Skomandburg (c. 1260-1281) | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
• King | Netimeras (c. 980) | ||||||||||
• Duke (kunigaikštis) | Komantas (c. 1260-1281) Kantigirdas (c. 1283) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1442 | ||||||||||
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54°30′N 23°00′E / 54.500°N 23.000°E
Yotvingia or Sudovia (Yotvingian: Sūdava, Lithuanian: Dainava, Polish: Jaćwież, German: Sudauen, Eastern Slavic: Яцьвезь (Ятвязь, Етвязь), Ятвягия) was a region where the Baltic tribe known as Yotvingians lived. It was located in the area of Sudovia and Dainava; south west from the upper Nemunas, between Marijampolė, Merkinė (Lithuania), Slonim, Kobryn (Belarus), Białystok, and Ełk (Poland).
Today this area corresponds mostly to the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland, part of Lithuania and a part of Hrodna Province and Brest Province of Belarus.