Viestards
Sign in to saveViestards (also Viesthard, Vesthardus, Viesturs; died 1230) was a Semigallian duke in the 13th century, referred to as King Vester ().
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Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Viestards
- Monarch.title
- Duke of Semigallia
- Monarch.image
- Westhardus, Rex Semigallorum (Liberts 1936).jpg
- Monarch.alt
- Painting of Viestards
- Monarch.caption
- Painting of Viestards by Ludolfs Liberts in Riga Castle, 1936
- Monarch.reign
- until 1230
- Monarch.birth_date
- 12th century
- Monarch.death_date
- 1230
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Occupation
- military leader
- Languages spoken
- Latvian
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- date of death
- 1230-01-01
- date of birth
- 1200-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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Viestards (also Viesthard, Vesthardus, Viesturs; died 1230) was a Semigallian duke in the 13th century, referred to as King Vester ().
==Life== His capital was Tērvete hillfort. During the first decades of the 13th century he was allied with the Livonian Brothers of the Sword against Lithuanians, who looted Semigallia on several occasions.
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