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Conflict Europe

Northern Crusades / Baltic Crusades

1193 CE – 1290 CE · 97 years

Catholic military orders waged a century of crusades to conquer and Christianise the pagan peoples of the Baltic region. The Teutonic Knights established a powerful monastic state in Prussia and Livonia that shaped the region's politics for centuries.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Teutonic Knights, Livonian Order, Denmark, Sweden
  • Pagan Baltic & Finnic peoples

Key moments

Defining events in the Northern Crusades / Baltic Crusades.

  1. 1201 Siege of Riga
  2. 1242 Battle on the Ice / Lake Peipus
  3. 1271 Fall of Montfort

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1193 CE and 1290 CE.

1194 CE Chartres Cathedral 1200 CE Bruges 1200 CE Lübeck 1200 CE Lisbon 1200 CE Hamburg

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