The First Swedish Crusade was a possibly mythical military expedition in the 1150s to Southwestern Finland by the Swedish king Eric IX and the English bishop Henry of Uppsala.
Eric IX of Sweden and Bishop Henry en route to Finland. Late mediaeval depiction from Uppland.
The Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades, were military campaigns conducted by several Catholic kingdoms and military orders in an effort to Christianize all the pagans around the southern and easter
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Ruins of the castle in Sigulda from which the Livonian Order controlled the Gauja River valley for centuries.
Kuressaare Castle, Estonia, constructed by the Teutonic Order.
Tērvete castle hill in 2010.