Livonian Crusade

Livonian Crusade
Part of the Northern Crusades

A Teutonic Knight on the left and a Swordbrother on the right.
Date24 July 1198 – c. 1290 (92 years)
Location
Result
  • Crusader victory
Territorial
changes
Establishment of Terra Mariana
Belligerents

Crusaders


Baltic and Finnic pagans (indigenous peoples)


Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Commanders and leaders

    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.