Terra Mariana
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Key facts
- Status
- Principality of the Holy Roman Empire , (1207–1215, 1526–1561) , Vassal state of the Holy See , (1215–1526)
- Capital
- Riga , ( de facto ) , Walk , (from 1435)
- Common languages
- Latin , Low German , Livonian , Estonian , Latvian
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Government
- Theocratic elective monarchy
- Legislature
- Landtag
- Historical era
- Middle Ages
- St george s night uprising
- 1343–1344
- Confederation agreement
- 4 December 1435
- Currency
- Artig, Denier, Schilling , Thaler
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Latvia
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Riga
- Follows
- State of the Teutonic Order
- Has parts of class
- Crusader states
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- inception
- 1207-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1561-00-00
- Commons category
- Old Livonia
- replaced by
- Duchy of Livonia
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofEstonia Latvia
Terra Mariana (Medieval Latin for 'Land of Mary') was the formal name for Medieval Livonia or Old Livonia. It was formed in the aftermath of the Livonian Crusade, and its territories were composed of present-day Estonia and Latvia. It was established on 2 February 1207, as a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, and lost this status in 1215 when Pope Innocent III proclaimed it as directly subject to the Holy See.
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