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Name: Crusaders (Baltic Region)

Type: Polity

Start: 1202 AD

End: 1202 AD

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Generic term that refers to the territories controlled by the Crusaders during the Livonian Crusades before their organization in polities.

Establishment

  • January 1202: Albrecht von Buxthoeven, consecrated as bishop in 1199, arrived the following year with a large force, and established Riga as the seat of his Bishopric of Riga in 1201.

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    1. Danish invasion of northern Germany (1201)

    Was the invasion of northern Germany by king Canute VI of Denmark caused by disagreement with Adolf III, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, over the possession of the island of Rügen.

    Disestablishment

  • January 1203: Formation of the Livonian Brother of Sword

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