Battle of St. Matthew's Day
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Battle of St. Matthew's Day | |||||||
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Part of Northern Crusades | |||||||
Location of Vanamõisa village. Probable place of battle. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Counties of Ancient Estonia |
Sword Brethren Livonians Latgalians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lembitu of Lehola † Vootele † Manivald † Unnepeve |
Volquin Caupo of Turaida † Bernard II of Lippe | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6000 | 3000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~1000 (Henry of Latvia) | ~100 |
The Battle of Matthew's Day (Estonian: Madisepäeva lahing) was fought near Viljandi (probably in Vanamõisa) on September 21, 1217[1][2] during the Livonian Crusade. The adversaries were the German crusading order the Sword Brethren with their recently converted Livonian and Latgalian allies and an army of 6000 Estonian men from different counties, led by Lembitu, who had attempted to unify the Estonians. The Germans won, although Caupo of Turaida, a converted Livonian chieftain died. Lembitu was also killed, and many other Estonians were forced to convert.
References[]
- ^ Battle of St. Matthew's Day on September 21, 1217 @ Frucht, Richard (2005). Eastern Europe. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.
- ^ Battle of St. Matthew's Day (September 21) @ Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary of Estonia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4904-4.
Categories:
- Battles of the Livonian Crusade
- Battles involving Estonia
- Battles involving Livs
- Battles involving Letts
- Battles involving the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
- Battles in Estonia
- 1217 in Europe
- Conflicts in 1217
- Viljandi County
- Battle stubs
- Estonia stubs