Content deleted Content added
m →Organization: missed one |
mNo edit summary |
||
Line 15:
}}
The '''Livonian Brothers of the Sword''' ({{lang-la|Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae}}, {{lang-de|Schwertbrüderorden}}, {{lang-fr|Ordre des Chevaliers Porte-Glaive}}) was a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Military order (monastic society)|military order]] established in 1202 by [[Albert of Riga|Albert]], the third [[bishop]] of [[Riga]] (or possibly by [[Theoderich von Treyden]])
Following their defeat by the [[Samogitians]] and [[Semigallians]] in the [[Battle of Saule|Battle of Schaulen (Saule)]] in 1236, the surviving Brothers merged into the [[Teutonic Order]] as an autonomous branch and became known as the [[Livonian Order]].
|