Nameisis
Sign in to saveNameisis or Namejs (also Nameise, Nameyxe) was a Semigallian duke in the second half of the 13th century. He ruled in the western part of Semigallia, with his capital at Tērvete (present-day Latvia). In 1279–81, he led a Semigallian uprising against the Livonian Order, a crusading military order. Very little is known about his life. He is mentioned only in the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle and in some documents from the 14th century. For this reason he is sometimes referred as semi legendary ruler in Latvian historiography.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Nameisis
- Monarch.title
- Duke of Semigallia
- Monarch.image
- Nameisis.jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Painting of Nameisis by Ludofs Liberts in the Riga Castle, 1936.
- Monarch.reign
- 1270s – 1281
- Monarch.birth_date
- 13th century
- Monarch.death_date
- After 1281
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Wikidata facts
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Occupation
- military leader
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- date of death
- 1281-01-01
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Nameisis or Namejs (also Nameise, Nameyxe) was a Semigallian duke in the second half of the 13th century. He ruled in the western part of Semigallia, with his capital at Tērvete (present-day Latvia). In 1279–81, he led a Semigallian uprising against the Livonian Order, a crusading military order. Very little is known about his life. He is mentioned only in the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle and in some documents from the 14th century. For this reason he is sometimes referred as semi legendary ruler in Latvian historiography.
Nameisis was mentioned for the first time in 1272 when he was one of Semigallian nobles who signed a peace treaty with the Livonian Order and the Archbishop of Riga.
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