Vyachko[1][2] (Russian: Вячко; died 1224; also Vyacheslav)[3] or Vetseke[4] was the ruler of the Principality of Koknese (Kuikenos).[5] He later became the prince of Yuryev (now Tartu) while in the service of Novgorod,[3] which was the last Russian stronghold in Estonia.[6] He died during the defense of the city against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in 1224.[7]
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^Rogers, Clifford J. (2010). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Oxford University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-19-533403-6.
Vyachko (Russian: Вячко; died 1224; also Vyacheslav) or Vetseke was the ruler of the Principality of Koknese (Kuikenos). He later became the prince of...
princes of Novgorod and Pskov had sent additional troops led by prince Vyachko of Kukenois to aid the Estonian defenders of the fort, it was besieged...
sent them large gifts and Otepää welcomed them too. The Russians left Vyachko (Vetseke) as their prince to rule Ugaunians and any other Estonian province...
protection against Lithuanians and Polotsk, the Eastern Orthodox Church prince Vyachko (Vetseka) of Koknese gave half of his land to Albert. By 1209 Koknese had...