Sword Brethren

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sword_Brethren
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Livonian_Brothers_of_the_Sword
gptkb:Fratres_Militiae_Christi_Livoniae
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Livonia
gptkbp:dissolved 1236
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Bishop_Albert_of_Riga
gptkbp:foundedIn 1202
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Riga
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sword Brethren
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Teutonic_Order
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Saule
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Order_of_the_Brothers_of_the_Sword
gptkbp:purpose Christianization of the Baltic region
gptkbp:region gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkb:Livonia
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:symbol white cloak with red cross
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_Templars
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5