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Postcard from early 20th century showing Curonian Kings with their coat of arms column
Curonian king woman from Turlava parish in Kuldīga region wearing traditional clothing (1895)
Coat of arms of Turlava parish based on the 17th. century coat of arms of Curonian Kings

Curonian Kings (Middle Low German: Cursken konyngh; German: Kurische Könige; Latvian: kuršu ķoniņi) are a Latvian cultural group, originally lesser vassals and free farmers that lived in seven villages between Goldingen (Kuldīga) and Hasenpoth (Aizpute) in Courland.

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Curonian Kings

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Curonian Kings (Middle Low German: Cursken konyngh; German: Kurische Könige; Latvian: kuršu ķoniņi) are a Latvian cultural group, originally lesser vassals...

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Livonian Crusade

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Order and the Archbishop of Riga. The Curonian nobles, among them 40 clans of the descendants of the Curonian Kings, who lived in the town of Kuldīga, preserved...

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Abolition of serfdom in Livonia

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maintained by free peasants (Vidzeme leimans and Curonian Kings), as well as city residents. The Curonian Kings was the inhabitants of seven villages of Kurzeme...

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List of ancient Baltic peoples and tribes

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Semigallia - Zemgale) Curonians (they lived in Curonia or Courland) Curonian Kings (Kuršu Koniņi) (a distinct Latvian cultural group of Curonian ancestry) (they...

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History of Latvia

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pay the required taxes and participate as soldier in wars. In case of Curonian Kings the former tribal nobility retained a privileged status until the proclamation...

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Sacred grove

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dead. The role of the sacred forests in the 16th-century traditions of Curonian Kings is described in a travel description by Königsberg apothecary Reinhold...

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List of World Heritage Sites in Russia

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Novgorod Solovetsky Islands Vladimir Trinity Lavra Kazan Ferapontov Monastery Curonian Spit Derbent Yaroslavl Bolghar Sviyazhsk Pskov Gogland (Struve Arc) Lake...

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Rumba Parish

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Dragūnciems Ēdas Griķi (Lejas) Ķīkciems Mežvalde Rumbenieki Veldze Venta Curonian Kings Rumba parish in Latvian v t e "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā...

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Turlava Parish

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Klostere Krievciems Ķikuri Ķoniņciems Maras Turlava Valāti Ziemeļciems Curonian Kings Turlava parish in Latvian v t e "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu...

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Viking Age

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to defend his land, Sweden (Svíþjóð), since Curonians (Kúrir) and Kvænir were raiding there." Curonians are mentioned among other participants of the...

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United Baltic Duchy

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Landeswehr was formed in 1919 largely by the leaders of the local Livonian and Curonian nobility, who had been the proponents of the United Baltic Duchy in 1918...

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East Prussia

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the Curonians who lived in the area around the Curonian Lagoon. While many fled from the Red Army during the evacuation of East Prussia, Curonians that...

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Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus

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and the Geats, reuniting the two peoples. Concerned about how Finns, Curonians, and Ulmerugians have been raiding Sweden, Berig rallies the people for...

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Padure Parish

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Deksne Keramika Ķimale Līzesmuiža Padure Sausgāļciems Vēgas Padure Manor Curonian Kings Padure parish in Latvian v t e "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu...

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Livonians

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another on the northern coast of Courland. The latter were referred as Curonians, together with the Balts living there. The Livonians referred to themselves...

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List of peninsulas

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Peninsula Valletta Senglea Birgu Sliema Ta' Xbiex Marsaskala Fort Ricasoli Curonian Spit, Kaliningrad Oblast (shared with Lithuania) Gusinaya Zemlya Kanin...

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Terra Mariana

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the North. The last to be subjugated and Christianised were Oeselians, Curonians and Semigallians.[citation needed] This crusade differed from many other...

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Lithuania

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Yotvingians, and early medieval chroniclers mentioned Old Prussians, Curonians and Semigallians. The Lithuanian language is considered to be very conservative...

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Prussian Crusade

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arrive in Prussia, the Livonian branch "founded" Memel (Klaipėda) along the Curonian Lagoon to prevent the Samogitians from assisting the Sambians. As the chronicles...

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Sverker II of Sweden

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been suggested that this took place in 1206. In general, Estonian and Curonian raiders constituted a problem for the coasts of Sweden and Denmark in this...

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Colonial history of the United States

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series on European colonization of the Americas First wave Basque British Curonian Danish Dutch French German Hospitaller Italian Norse Portuguese Russian...

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Sigurd Ring

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could not help them in person, as he was busy fighting against ravaging Curonians and Kœnir. Battle was joined in Holstein but turned into a defeat for...

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Livonian Chronicle of Henry

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merchants from Lübeck, Novgorod and Pskov here were the Estonians, Karelians, Curonians, Latgalians, Semigallians (sometimes known as the Letts), Livonians and...

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