Terra Mariana
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Terra Mariana was a medieval Latin name for the territories of present-day Estonia and Latvia that formed a crusader state under the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Terra Mariana canonical | 2 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former Catholic state
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ medieval crusader state ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Land of Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Livonian Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary’s Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Novgorod Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Pskov Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonLanguages |
Middle Low German
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Estonian ⓘ Old Latvian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTerritory |
Courland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doric Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Livonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Saaremaa NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Estonia ⓘ present-day Latvia ⓘ Ösel–Wiek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1561 ⓘ |
| endCause | Livonian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedAs |
ecclesiastical state
ⓘ
feudal confederation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Cistercian missionaries
ⓘ
German crusaders ⓘ Pope Innocent III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Bishopric of Courland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishopric of Dorpat NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishopric of Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek NERFINISHED ⓘ Livonian Order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Dorpat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reval NERFINISHED ⓘ Riga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baltic crusades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | loose confederation of ecclesiastical states and a military order ⓘ |
| predecessor | pagan tribal territories in the eastern Baltic ⓘ |
| presentIn |
13th century
ⓘ
14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
land of the Virgin Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
terra sancta ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Pope Innocent III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| startTime | 1207 ⓘ |
| territoryPartitionedBetween |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.