Livonia
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Livonia, known in earlier records as Livland, is a historical region on the present-day land of Latvia and Estonia. It is named after the historical Livonians, who lived on the shores of present-day L
1870 drawing of a Teutonic Knight (left) and a Livonian Sword Brother.
Livonian lady (1502). Albrecht Dürer.
Livonian knight in the 16th century
Governorate of Livonia, 1820
State of the Teutonic Order
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The State of the Teutonic Order was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13
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…George's Night Uprising (1343–1345), which forced Denmark to sell the Duchy of Estonia (northern Estonia conquered by Denmark in the 13th century) to the State of the Teutonic Order in 1346. Livonia, as understood after the retreat of Denmark in 1346, bordered on the Gulf of Finland in the north, Lake Peipus and Russia to the east…
The Battle of Grunwald (1410) marked the start of the decline of the State of the Teutonic Order, 19th century painting by Jan Matejko
The Polish–Teutonic peace treaty of 1466 made the Teutonic state a fief of the Kingdom of Poland
The Prussian Homage of 1525 established Ducal Prussia as a vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Poland, in place of the State of the Teutonic Order
Subdvisions of the Teutonic state in Prussia