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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 by [[Albert of Riga|Albert]], the third [[bishop]] of [[Riga]] (or possibly by [[Theoderich von Treyden]]), in 1202. [[Pope Innocent III]] sanctioned the establishment in 1204 for the second time. The membership of the order comprised [[Germans|German]] "warrior [[monk]]s" who fought Baltic and Finnic pagans in the area of modern-day Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Alternative names of the Order include '''Christ Knights''', '''Swordbrothers''', '''Sword Brethren''', '''Order of the Brothers of the Sword''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Order of the Brothers of the Sword {{!}} German organization of knights|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Brothers-of-the-Sword|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> and '''The Militia of Christ of Livonia'''. The seal reads: ''+MAGISTRI ETFRM (et fratrum) MILICIE CRI (Christi) DE LIVONIA''.
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]].
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