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Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian leader Caupo of Turaida are killed in the Battle of St. Matthew's Day.
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Livonian Crusade
12th–13th century Baltic Christianisation campaign
The Livonian crusade consists of the various military Christianisation campaigns in medieval Livonia – modern Latvia and Estonia – during the Papal-sanctioned Northern Crusades in the 12th–13th century.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lembitu
Estonian elder (13th century)
Lembitu was an ancient Estonian senior (elder) from Sakala County and military leader in the struggle against conquest of the Estonian lands by the German Livonian Brothers of the Sword at the beginning of the 13th century. He is the only Estonian pre-Crusade ruler, about whom…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Caupo of Turaida
Livonian noble
Caupo of Turaida, Kaupo or Kaupo Lieven, sometimes Kubbe was a leader of the Finnic-speaking Livonian people in the beginning of the 13th century, in what are now parts of Latvia and Estonia by the Gulf of Riga. He is sometimes called a 'King of Livonia', the Chronicle of Henry…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of St. Matthew's Day
1217 battle of the Livonian Crusade
The Battle of Matthew's Day was fought near Viljandi on 21 September 1217 during the Livonian Crusade. The adversaries were the Sword Brethren with their recently converted Livonian and Latgalian allies versus an army of 6,000 Estonian men from different counties, led by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 21
Day of the year
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