Livonian Order - Wikipedia
The Livonian Order's defeat in the Battle of Święta (Wiłkomierz) on September 1, 1435, which claimed the lives of the master and several high-ranking knights, brought the order closer to its neighbors in Livonia.
Livonian Brothers of the Sword - Wikipedia
The Livonian Brothers of the Sword (Latin: Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae, German: Schwertbrüderorden) was a Catholic military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert, the third bishop of Riga [1] [2] (or possibly by Theoderich von Treydend).
Livonian Knighthood - Wikipedia
The Livonian Knighthood (German: Livländische Ritterschaft, Estonian: Liivimaa rüütelkond, Latvian: Livonijas bruņniecība) was a fiefdom that existed in Livonia (now Southern Estonia and Northern Latvia). It was formed in 1561 by Baltic German nobles and disbanded in 1917 in Estonia, and in 1920 in Latvia.
Order of the Brothers of the Sword | German Military Order ...
Order of the Brothers of the Sword, organization of crusading knights that began the successful conquest and Christianization of Livonia (most of modern Latvia and Estonia) between 1202 and 1237.
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Officially, they began as the Order of the Knights of the Sword, and from 1237 were known as the Livonian Knights or Livonian Order. In 1201, Bishop Albert from Bremen in Germany landed in the Baltics with his followers at the mouth of the River Väina,and founded the town of Riga (in modern Latvia). The following year he founded the Order of ...
The Livonian Knights Battle on the Baltic | History Today
2024年2月2日 · Formerly known as the Sword Brothers, the Livonian Knights were a monastic military order akin to the Knights Templar. They were founded around 1202 to bring Christianity to the shores of the Baltic – a vast arc of still-pagan land sweeping east and north from the River Elbe in Saxony.
Knights of the Sword | Encyclopedia.com
Known also as the Brothers of the Sword and as the Livonian Knights, one of the 12 religious military orders of knighthood that came into being between 1100 and 1300, and one of the three of German origin.