such document surviving in Latvia, and calls him "the king of Jersika" ("Vissewalde, rex de Gercike"). In 1214, Jersika castle was again destroyed by the...

events of the late 12th and early 13th centuries) was King Visvaldis (Vissewalde, rex de Gercike). When he divided his realm in 1211, part of the country...

Latvia, and in this charter, Visvaldis is called "the king of Jersika" (Vissewalde, rex de Gercike; in another document also Wiscewolodus rex de Berzika)...