Yotvingia
Yotvingia Sūdava Dainava | |||||||||||
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| 7th century–1442 | |||||||||||
Baltic tribes in the 12th century, Yotvingian territory marked in darker green | |||||||||||
| Capital | Skomandburg (c. 1260-1281) | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
• King | Netimeras (c. 980) | ||||||||||
• Duke (kuningas) | 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, 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, Marijampolė County of Lithuania and a part of Hrodna Province and Brest Province of Belarus.