revenge and invaded Semigallia. The Semigallians, in turn, pillaged land around the Aizkraukle hillfort. In 1236, Semigallians attacked crusaders retreating...
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Semigallian or Zemgalian, was an East Baltic language of the Baltic language sub-family of the Indo-European languages. It was spoken in the northern...
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Semigallians, Samogitians, Selonians and Latgalians constituted one cultural area. In the 5th - 9th century, the territory occupied by Semigallians was...
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revenge and invaded Semigallia. The Semigallians in turn pillaged land around the Aizkraukle hillfort. In 1236, Semigallians attacked crusaders retreating to...
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for crusader attacks against the Semigallians. In 1271 the capital hillfort of Tērvete was conquered, but Semigallians under the Duke Nameisis rebelled...
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the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan troops of Samogitians and Semigallians. Between 48 and 60 knights were killed, including the Livonian Master...
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Semigallian may refer to: Semigallians, a Baltic tribe Semigallian language, an extinct Baltic language Zemgale, a region in Latvia This disambiguation...
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(Christi) DE LIVONIA. Following their defeat by the Samogitians and Semigallians in the Battle of Saule in 1236, the surviving Brothers merged into the...
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assimilating the languages of other neighboring Baltic tribes—Curonian, Semigallian, and Selonian—which resulted in these languages gradually losing their...
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the order in the 13th century. After the battle Duke Nameisis of the Semigallians recognized Traidenis as his suzerain. In 1273 the order built Dinaburga...
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Northern Crusades in Latvia and Estonia against the Samogitians, Curonians, Semigallians, and Selonians. He was ultimately killed by the Samogitians during the...
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Lithuanian, and Samogitian. It also includes now-extinct Selonian, Semigallian, and possibly Old Curonian. Lithuanian is the most-spoken East Baltic...
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four Indo-European Baltic tribes (along with Curonians, Selonians and Semigallians), which formed the ethnic core of modern Latvians together with the Finnic...
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and early medieval chroniclers mentioned Old Prussians, Curonians and Semigallians. The Lithuanian language is considered to be very conservative for its...
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Samogitians lived in western Lithuania and were closely related to Semigallians and Curonians. In 1413, they became the last group of Europeans to convert...
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to defeat the Livonian garrison in the Tērvete castle. In short time, Semigallians captured other castles and the crusaders were forced to leave Semigallia...
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last to be subjugated and Christianised were Oeselians, Curonians and Semigallians.[citation needed] This crusade differed from many other crusades because...
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Crusade against Semigallians. The Crusade against Semigallians (1219–1290). According to the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, the Semigallians formed an alliance...
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completely depopulated. This vacuum was filled by Latvian tribes – Curonians, Semigallians, Latgallians and Selonians – who started to move into the area around...
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During the Livonian crusade, Curonians formed an alliance with the Semigallians, resulting in a joint attack against Riga in 1228. In the same time,...
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Bishopric of Riga in the conversion of the pagan Curonians, Livonians, Semigallians, and Latgalians living on the shores of the Gulf of Riga. From its foundation...
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and Pskov here were the Estonians, Karelians, Curonians, Latgalians, Semigallians (sometimes known as the Letts), Livonians and the Lithuanians. The Western...
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Livonian Crusade which occurred in 1287 between the Livonian Order and Semigallians in the territory of modern Latvia. It was a severe defeat for the order...
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1259 and the Battle of Durbe in 1260. This encouraged the conquered Semigallians and Old Prussians to rebel against the Knights. Encouraged by Treniota...
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joint forces of semigallians and crusaders defeated Lithuanians and killed duke Žvelgaitis. In 1208 Viestards led a united Semigallian and crusader army...
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and the Slavic languages. Old Prussian, Old Church Slavonic, Sudovian, Semigallian, Selonian, Skalvian, Galindian, Polabian, Knaanic Baltic: Latvian, Latgalian...
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the merger of Latgalians, as the main component, with the Selonians, Semigallians, Curonians and Livonians, the last ones are a Finnic people and not an...
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biographical sports film Eddie the Eagle. In 2018, he played the role of Semigallian Duke Namejs in the historical fiction action film The Pagan King. Endre...
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(see: Latgalian, which developed into Latvian, and extinct Curonian, Semigallian, and Selonian). The language of Southern Balts was less influenced by...
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subjugated the Semigallians by 1250. However, after the Livonian defeats in the 1259 Battle of Skuodas and the 1260 Battle of Durbe, the Semigallians rebelled...
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