The LivonianOrder was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation. The...
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin: Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae, German: Schwertbrüderorden) was a Catholic military order established in 1202...
The Livonians, or Livs, are a Balto-Finnic people indigenous to northern and northwestern Latvia. Livonians historically spoke Livonian, a Uralic language...
The Livonian crusade consists of the various military Christianisation campaigns in medieval Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – during the Papal-sanctioned...
knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia. In 1237, the Livonian Brothers of the Sword merged...
the Teutonic Order of Prussia and became known as the LivonianOrder. In 1346 the LivonianOrder bought the Duchy of Estonia from Denmark. Throughout the...
The Livonian Chronicle of Henry (Latin: Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae) is a Latin narrative of events in Livonia (roughly corresponding to today's inland...
The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia). The Tsardom of Russia faced a...
Livonian Brothers of the Sword were incorporated into the Teutonic Knights as the LivonianOrder in 1237. Between 1237 and 1290, the LivonianOrder conquered...
Duchy of Lithuania, and the Novgorod Republic (after assimilating the LivonianOrder). The Teutonic Knights had a strong economic base which enabled them...
The Livonian language (Livonian: līvõ kēļ or rāndakēļ) is a Finnic language whose native land is the Livonian Coast of the Gulf of Riga, located in the...
the Teutonic Order and the LivonianOrder under the pretext of forcibly Christianizing the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The LivonianOrder occupied Riga...
century. Novgorod went to war 26 times with Sweden and 11 times with the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The German knights, along with Danish and Swedish...
Catholic; this action enabled him to establish an alliance with the LivonianOrder, a long-standing antagonist of the Lithuanians. By 1245, Mindaugas was...
allowed the Samogitians to gain victory over the LivonianOrder. It was a heavy defeat for the Order and uprisings against the crusaders soon afterwards...
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian:...
was targeted in a religious crusade by the Teutonic Knights and the LivonianOrder, but survived. Its rapid territorial expansion started late in the reign...
Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, and the forces of the LivonianOrder and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat. The battle...
among them). Due to Pskov's leading role in the struggle against the LivonianOrder, its influence spread significantly. The long reign of Daumantas (1266–99)...
the damage. On April 10, the Order received reinforcements from the LivonianOrder and surrounded the castle on all sides. They succeeded in making a gap...
LivonianOrder. In 1279, after the Battle of Aizkraukle, Grand Duke Traidenis of Lithuania supported a Semigallian revolt against the LivonianOrder led...
between the LivonianOrder and the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek; 1374–1397, Incorporation Strife, between the Bishopric of Dorpat and the LivonianOrder; 1396, Bishop...
(Latvian: Zemgale, German: Semgallen, Lithuanian: Žiemgala, Polish: Semigalia, Livonian: Zemgāl), is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of...
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the...
Global Information
Latvia portal