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'''Duklja''' ([[Latin]]: ''Doclea'' or ''Dioclea'', after the town of [[Bar, Serbia and Montenegro|Dioclea]]) was a small [[medieval]] state located in today's [[Montenegro]] and northern [[Albania]] including the city of [[Skadar]].
It was one of the four southern [[Dalmatia]]n Slavic duchies, other three being [[Narenta]] (Pagania), [[Zahumlje]] and [[Travunia]] that weren't united under either [[Croatia]] to the northwest or [[Raska|Rascia]] ([[Serbia]]) to the northeast.
One of the famous mentions of Duklja is the historical document known as ''Presbyter Diocleas: Libellus Gothorum'' or ''Ljetopis popa Dukljanina
Duklja was populated by Christians of the [[Latin Rite]] and was initially usually under the suzerainty of the [[Byzantium]] or of [[Bulgaria]] up to the [[11th century]] when the dukes of Duklja started having noticable success in their struggle for independence.
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