History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 200 and 15. Episode 256, the Livonian Crusade Part 39, the Merchant's of Regiga. Hello again.

Last week we brought one of our Crusades to an end,

as we saw the master of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, Master Heinrich, acquire Polish

Pomeralia.

That action brought the timeline for the Prussian Crusade up to the year 1309. So now we need to

bring events in Lavonia up to speed. Last time we checked in on Livonia was back in episode 254 in the 1280s.

Master Villican had ordered the construction of Hilegenburg castle in Samagetia.

Despite the best efforts of the Samagetians to destroy the isolated Latin Christian outpost

which was located in the heart of Samagizia, the castle remained standing and as a result the Samagitsians destroyed their nearby

stronghold of Tverton and were forced to adjust to life with a Latin Christian stronghold inside their territory.

Now, not long after the destruction of Tverton, the garrison of the castle at Heiligenburg became aware that the Semagarlians had

dispatched a large raiding party in the direction of Riga.

The garrison ordered an urgent message to be forwarded to Riga to warn them of the impending attack.

The message reached Riga in time. of the

Tewtonic Order in Riga, in time, and the Marshal of the Teutonic Order in Riga,

summoned an army of 550 men comprising of Teutonic Knights, citizens of Riga, some Letts and a small

group of Crusaders. They rode out of Riga and waited for the Semagalians to arrive.

They waited and they waited. They became bored and started to compete with each other, galloping and jumping their

horses, racing each other on foot and wrestling. By the end of the day the Semagalians still hadn't

showed up, so the army returned to Riga. Darkness descended and the Order's forces were told to spend the

night in a compound inside Riga known as the Brothers Stables.

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