marking Vesel's birthplace Vesel was born in
Gorenje (now part of
Spodnje Koseze) in the
Duchy of Carniola in the
Habsburg monarchy (now in
Slovenia) and baptized
Johannes Vesseu. He studied law in
Graz and
Vienna and worked in
Trieste for most of his professional life. In his student years, he mostly wrote in
German. In 1818, his
sonnet (The Comfort) was the first
sonnet ever printed in
Slovene. No further works by Koseski are known until 1844, when he published his
ode (Slovenia to Emperor Ferdinand), dedicated to
Emperor Ferdinand. The poem where he describes the history of the
Slovene Lands since the
Roman times is widely regarded as his best work. Afterwards, he continued writing and also translating poetry. Vesel was a grandfather of the Slovenian mountaineer and author
Julius Kugy. He died in Trieste. ==The word
Slovenija==