Livonia

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Livonia was a historical region on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, encompassing parts of present-day Latvia and Estonia and long contested by regional powers.

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Label Occurrences
Livonia canonical 34

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
borderedBy Baltic Sea
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
surface form: Courland

Ingria
Lithuania
Pskov Oblast
surface form: Pskov region
capitalDuringRussianRule Riga
capitalDuringSwedishRule Riga
continent Europe
ethnicGroupHistoricallyPresent Baltic Germans
Estonians
Latvians
Livonian people
surface form: Livonians
hasHistoricalPeriod Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages
hasSubregion Duchy of Livonia
Governorate of Livonia
historicalLanguage Estonian
German
Latvian
historicallyContestedBy Denmark
Holy Roman Empire
Livonian Order
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
Sweden
Teutonic Order
historicalReligion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
historicalStatus borderland between Western and Eastern Christianity
locatedIn eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
locatedInPresentDay Estonia
Latvia
majorCity Riga
Tallinn
Tartu
partOf Baltic Sea coastal states
surface form: Baltic region
relatedEvent Great Northern War
Livonian War
Northern Crusades
strategicImportance control of Baltic Sea trade routes
todayDividedBetween Estonia
surface form: Republic of Estonia

Latvia
surface form: Republic of Latvia
wasPartOf Livonian Confederation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Russian Empire
State of the Teutonic Order
Swedish Empire

Referenced by (34)

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Saaremaa historicalRegionOf Livonia
Teutonic Order territory Livonia
Bishop Albert of Riga deathPlace Livonia
subject surface form: Albert of Riga
House of Vasa countryRuled Livonia
Deluge location Livonia
Latgale historicalRegionOf Livonia
Livonian War location Livonia
Livonian Order operatedIn Livonia
Livonian Order country Livonia
Narva River historicalRegion Livonia
Johan Skytte workLocation Livonia
Battle of Kircholm theatre Livonia