Johann Reinhold Patkul was a Livonian nobleman, politician and agitator of Baltic German extraction. Born as a subject to the Swedish Crown, he protested against the manner of King Charles XI of Swede
Portrait, 1700s
Execution of Johann Reinhold Patkul at Kazimierz Biskupi, Poland
With the Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710 the Swedish dominions Estonia and Livonia were integrated into the Russian Empire following their conquest during the Great Northern War. The Livon
Siege of Riga (1710)
The Russian Baltic governorates Riga/Livonia and Estonia (established 1713) and Courland (established 1795)