Livonia, a historical region in Europe

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former political entity historical region

Livonia is a historical Baltic region on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, encompassing parts of present-day Latvia and Estonia and known for its medieval confederation and later rule by various European powers.

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

Ingria ⓘ
capitalOrMajorCityHistorically Riga ⓘ
conqueredBy Livonian Order ⓘ
surface form: Livonian Brothers of the Sword

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistoricallyPresent Estonians ⓘ
Germans ⓘ
Latvians ⓘ
Livonian people ⓘ
surface form: Livonians

Russians ⓘ
governedAs Duchy of Livonia ⓘ
Livonia Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Governorate of Livonia
hasLegacyIn Estonian national history ⓘ
Latvian national history ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Baltic peoples ⓘ
Baltic Finnic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Finnic peoples
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor Livonian Order ⓘ
Livonian War ⓘ
Medieval Livonia ⓘ
surface form: medieval Livonian Confederation
languageHistoricallySpoken Estonian ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latvian ⓘ
Livonian language ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region
locatedOn eastern coast of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
majorMedievalCity Riga ⓘ
Tartu ⓘ
majorPortCity Riga ⓘ
partOf Baltic states ⓘ
Hanseatic League (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Hanseatic League trade network

Northern Europe ⓘ
presentDayTerritoryIncludes Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
relatedConflict Northern Crusades ⓘ
surface form: Livonian Crusade

Livonian War ⓘ
relatedTreaty Treaty of Nystad ⓘ
Treaty of Oliva ⓘ
religionHistorically Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
wasPartOf Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
State of the Teutonic Order ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ

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