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Kingdom of Livonia, the Glossary

Index Kingdom of Livonia

The Kingdom of Livonia was a nominal state in what is now the territory of Estonia and Latvia.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Bishopric of Courland, Client state, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Diak (clerk), Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721), Duchy of Livonia, Estonia, Frederick II of Denmark, Ivan the Terrible, Latvia, Livonia, Livonian War, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Monarchy, Moscow, Oprichnik, Põltsamaa, Põltsamaa Castle, Pensioner, Piltene, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polity, Tallinn, Terra Mariana, Treaty of Plussa, Tsardom of Russia, Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov.

  2. 1570 establishments in Europe
  3. 1579 disestablishments in Europe
  4. Livonian War
  5. States and territories disestablished in the 1570s
  6. States and territories established in 1570

Bishopric of Courland

The Bishopric of Courland (Episcopatus Curoniensis, Bisdom Curland) was the second smallest (4500 km2) ecclesiastical state in the Livonian Confederation founded in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade. Kingdom of Livonia and Bishopric of Courland are former monarchies of Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Bishopric of Courland

Client state

In the field of international relations, a client state, is a state that is economically, politically, and militarily subordinated to a more powerful controlling state.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Client state

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state. Kingdom of Livonia and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland are former monarchies of Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

Diak (clerk)

A diak or dyak (дьяк) is a historical Russian bureaucratic occupation whose meaning varied over time and approximately corresponded to the notions of "chief clerk" or "chief of office department".

See Kingdom of Livonia and Diak (clerk)

Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was a duchy in the Baltic region, then known as Livonia, that existed from 1561 to 1569 as a nominally vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and subsequently made part of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom from 1569 to 1726 and incorporated into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1726.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)

The Duchy of Estonia (Hertigdömet Estland, Eestimaa hertsogkond, Herzogtum Estland), also known as Swedish Estonia, (italic) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721 during the time that most or all of Estonia was under Swedish rule.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)

Duchy of Livonia

The Duchy of Livonia, also referred to as Polish Livonia or Livonia, was a territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that existed from 1561 to 1621.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Duchy of Livonia

Estonia

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Estonia

Frederick II of Denmark

Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Frederick II of Denmark

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Иван IV Васильевич; 25 August 1530 –), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Ivan the Terrible

Latvia

Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Latvia

Livonia

Livonia or in earlier records Livland, is a historical region on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Livonia

Livonian War

The Livonian War (1558–1583) was fought for control of Old Livonia (in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia).

See Kingdom of Livonia and Livonian War

Magnus, Duke of Holstein

Magnus of Denmark or Magnus of Holstein (–) was a Prince of Denmark, Duke of Holstein, and a member of the House of Oldenburg.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Magnus, Duke of Holstein

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Monarchy

Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Moscow

Oprichnik

Oprichniks (опри́чники,, oprichniki, meaning "men of oprichina"; singular: oprichnik) were a corps that served as bodyguards, police, and soldiers established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Oprichnik

Põltsamaa

Põltsamaa (Oberpahlen) is a town in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County, Estonia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Põltsamaa

Põltsamaa Castle

Põltsamaa Castle (Põltsamaa linnus; Schloss Oberpahlen), also Põltsamaa Order Castle, (Põltsamaa ordulinnus), is a castle in Põltsamaa, Jõgeva County, in eastern Estonia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Põltsamaa Castle

Pensioner

A pensioner is a person who receives a pension, most commonly because of retirement from the workforce.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Pensioner

Piltene

Piltene (Piltyń, Pilten) is a town in northwestern Latvia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Piltene

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Kingdom of Livonia and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth are former monarchies of Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polity

A polity is a group of people with a collective identity, who are organized by some form of political institutionalized social relations, and have a capacity to mobilize resources.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Polity

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Tallinn

Terra Mariana

Terra Mariana (Medieval Latin for "Land of Mary") was the formal name for Medieval Livonia or Old Livonia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Terra Mariana

Treaty of Plussa

The Treaty or Truce of Plussa, Pljussa, Plyussa or Narva and Plusa (Плюсское перемирие, Stilleståndsfördrag vid Narva å och Plusa) was a truce between Russia and Sweden, which ended the Livonian War (1558-1583).

See Kingdom of Livonia and Treaty of Plussa

Tsardom of Russia

The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of per year. The period includes the upheavals of the transition from the Rurik to the Romanov dynasties, wars with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian conquest of Siberia, to the reign of Peter the Great, who took power in 1689 and transformed the tsardom into an empire. Kingdom of Livonia and tsardom of Russia are former monarchies of Europe.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Tsardom of Russia

Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov

Vasily Yakovlevich Shchelkalov (Василий Яковлевич Щелкалов in Russian) (before 1566 – 1610 or 1611) and Andrey Yakovlevich Shchelkalov (Андрей Яковлевич Щелкалов) (before 1550 –) were two diplomats and heads of the Posolsky Prikaz during the reigns of Ivan the Terrible, Feodor I, and Boris Godunov in Russia.

See Kingdom of Livonia and Vasily and Andrey Shchelkalov

See also

1570 establishments in Europe

1579 disestablishments in Europe

Livonian War

States and territories disestablished in the 1570s

States and territories established in 1570

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Livonia

Also known as King of Livonia.