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Archbishopric of Riga
Archiepiscopatus Rigensis (la)
Erzbisdom Riga (nds)
1186–1561
Coat of arms of Riga
Coat of arms
Seal
Archbishopric of Riga (in yellow), shown within Terra Mariana
Archbishopric of Riga (in yellow), shown within Terra Mariana
StatusPrince-Bishopric of Terra Mariana
CapitalRiga
Common languagesLatin
Low German
Livonian
Latvian
GovernmentTheocracy
Archbishop of Riga 
• 1245–73
Albert Suerbeer (first)
• 1539–63
Wilhelm von Brandenburg (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Established
1186
• Disestablished
1561
CurrencyLivonian Penny
Livonian Schilling
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Archbishopric of Riga Ancient Estonia
Archbishopric of Riga Principality of Jersika
Archbishopric of Riga Principality of Koknese
Archbishopric of Riga Tālava
Duchy of Livonia Archbishopric of Riga
Riga Archbishopric of Riga

The Archbishopric of Riga (Latin: Archiepiscopatus Rigensis, Low German: Erzbisdom Riga) was an archbishopric in Medieval Livonia, a subject to the Holy See. It was established in 1186 as the bishopric of Livonia at Ikšķile, then after moving to Riga it became the bishopric of Riga in 1202 and was elevated to an archbishopric in 1255.

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Livonian Crusade

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of Riga allied with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania under command of Vytenis. By the end of the 13th century, the territory of the Archbishopric of Riga...

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Livonia

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by the Archbishopric of Riga in the late 13th century. From the 16th century until 1918, Dundaga Castle (formerly Dundagen) was the centre of the largest...

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Samland (Sambia). The bishoprics became suffragans to the Archbishopric of Riga under the mother city of Visby on Gotland. Each diocese was fiscally and administratively...

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Northern Crusades

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Bishopric of Courland

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Turaida

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between the Estonian tribes and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, the Archbishopric of Riga, the Livonians and the Latgalians. "livonian.tech –...

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Livonian Brothers of the Sword

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Oultrejordain

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set up an archbishopric under the authority of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. There were very few Christians in Oultrejordain, most of the inhabitants...

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List of states in the Holy Roman Empire

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