Swedish Livonia, between Swedish Estonia and Courland (1600s). Livonia, [a] known in earlier records as Livland, [1] [b] is a historical region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea.It is named after the Livonians, who lived on the shores of present-day Latvia.. By the end of the 13th century, the name was extended to most of present-day Estonia …

Livonia, lands on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, north of Lithuania; the name was originally applied by Germans in the 12th century to the area inhabited by the Livs, a Finno-Ugric people whose settlements centred on the mouths of the Western …

The Kingdom of Livonia [a] was a nominal state in what is now the territory of Estonia and Latvia.Russian tsar Ivan IV declared the establishment of the kingdom during the Livonian War of 1558–1583, but it never functioned properly as a polity.. In 1570, the Danish duke Magnus was crowned in Moscow as the king of Livonia.Magnus left Moscow with a Russian army with the intention of conquering ...

Terra Mariana (Medieval Latin for 'Land of Mary') was the formal name [1] for Medieval Livonia or Old Livonia. [b] [4] It was formed in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade, and its territories were composed of present-day Estonia and Latvia.It was established on 2 February 1207, [5] as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, [6] and lost this status in …

Livonija (latīņu: Livonia, lībiešu: Līvõmō, igauņu: Liivimaa, vikingu: Iflanti, vācu: Livland, Liefland) jeb Līvzeme ir vēsturisks nosaukums, kas dažādos laikos izmantots Livonijas bīskapijas, Livonijas ordeņa, Livonijas Konfederācijas, Livonijas hercogistes un Inflantijas vaivadijas nosaukumos.

Ar laiku, izvēršoties Krusta kariem, vārds “Livonija” ieguva plašāku nozīmi – to sāka attiecināt uz visu krusta karotāju pakļauto baltu un Baltijas somu apdzīvoto teritoriju.

Livonija (lat. Livonia, vāc. Livland - burt. "līvu zeme"; an. Livonia, pl. Inflanty, kr. Ливония, Лифландия), jeb Sv. Marijas zeme (lat. Terra Mariana) - 13.-17. gs. lietots apzīmējums ģeogrāfiskajam reģionam Baltijas jūras austrumu krastā (aptuveni atbilst mūsdienu Latvijas un Igaunijas teritorijai). Pēc 17. gs ...

1219–23 Livonija buvo Danijos vasalas, 1225–37 tiesioginę valdžią jai mėgino įvesti popiežiai. Vėliau Livonija liko savarankiška – jos priklausomybė nuo Vokietijos imperijos tebuvo nominali, o LO priklausomybę Vokiečių ordinui (VO) atsvėrė konfederacinė Livonijos struktūra.

Livonia (Livonian: Līvõmō, Estonian: Liivimaa, German and Scandinavian languages: Livland, Latvian and Lithuanian: Livonija, Polish: Inflanty, archaic English Livland, [1] Liwlandia; Russian: Лифляндия / Liflyandiya), a historic region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, was once the land of the Finnic Livonians inhabiting the ...

The Livonian War (1558–1583) concerned control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia).The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union (later Commonwealth) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.. From 1558 to 1578, Russia dominated the region with early military successes at ...