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    The Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek (Estonian: Saare-Lääne piiskopkond; German: Bistum Ösel–Wiek; Low German: Bisdom Ösel–Wiek; contemporary Latin: Ecclesia Osiliensis)...
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    Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden...
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    the Bishopric of Courland; the Bishopric of Dorpat; the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek; and territories under the military administration of the Livonian Brothers...
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    Bishopric of Riga (an archbishopric from 1255); the Bishoprics of Courland, Ösel-Wiek, and Dorpat, where Albert's brother Hermann established himself as the prince-bishop...
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    favor Roman numerals (e.g. Russian XVIII век, Azeri XVIII əsr or Polish wiek XVIII). On the other hand, in Turkish and some Central European Slavic languages...
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    King Frederick II of Denmark. The same year, the prince-bishop of Ösel-Wiek and Courland Johannes V von Münchhausen in Old Livonia sold his lands to...
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    from Russia, and Frederick II of Denmark bought the old Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, which he placed under the control of his brother Magnus of Holstein. Magnus...
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    Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek 1228–1236   Saare County 1236–1241 Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek 1241–1261   Saare County 1261–1262 Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek 1262–1343   Saare...
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    Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721) Estonia under Swedish rule Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek Andrejs Plakans, A Concise History of the Baltic States, Cambridge University...
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    Poznań > Rezygnacje > XVII wiek > Część 1 - 1950 (Nr. 1407) 1611. S. Uruski, Rodzina. Herbarz szlachty polskiej, Warszawa 1907, t. IV, s. 95. F. Gajewski, Pamiętniki...
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  • Kustas Tonkmann (category People from Kreis Wiek)
    Lääne-Nigula Parish), Wiek County – 13 August 1942 Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of the II, III, IV and V Riigikogu...
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    founded in the thirteenth century as the seat of the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek. According to legend, during full moons in August, an image of a maiden,...
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    inhabitants remained strong. The crusaders founded the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek there. When the Order was defeated by the Lithuanian army in the Battle of...
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    of inheritance when Frederick II had him placed as prince-bishop of Ösel-Wiek in Livonia. However, the plan to secure John the post of the prince-archbishop's...
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    bar, the Reddevitz Höft, separates the two bays of Having and Hagensche Wiek. In the north-east of the island of Rügen is formed by the peninsula of Jasmund...
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    Warszawa 1889–1913, t. IV, s. 80. Urzędnicy Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego Spisy. Tom V. Ziemia połocka i województwo połockie XIV-XVIII wiek, H. Lulewicz (red...
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    indigenous Estonian population in the Duchy of Estonia, the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, and the insular territories of the State of the Teutonic Order to rid themselves...
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    Janusz Jasiński; Tadeusz Oracki (2005). Wybitni Polacy w Królewcu: XVI-XX wiek. Wydawnictwo "Littera". p. 46. ISBN 978-83-89775-03-0. Jasiński 2005, p. 127...
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    been found. Bishopric of Courland Bishopric of Dorpat Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek Bishopric of Reval Livonian Crusade Livonian Brothers of the Sword Monastic...
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  • governor for Ösel–Wiek who was to closely monitor Magnus' activities in Livonia. On 6 July 1562, a group of Danish envoys arrived at Ivan IV's court in Moscow...
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    1435, by the Archbishop of Riga, the bishops of Courland, Dorpat, Ösel-Wiek and Reval; the representatives of the Livonian Order and vassals, and the...
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    during the Livonian war, Frederick II of Denmark bought the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek from Prince-Bishop Johannes V von Münchhausen for 30,000 thalers. The possession...
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    Retrieved 2014-01-24. Jasienica, Paweł Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów. Srebrny wiek ISBN 83-07-02520-6 A brief account of the siege can be found in Savignac...
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    Sultan Qalawun, and the county was absorbed into Mamluk Sultanate. Raymond IV of Toulouse was one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the crusaders....
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    Mathias Westerblom (category People from Kreis Wiek)
    Lääne-Nigula Parish), Wiek County – 5 February 1942 Ussolye prison camp, Perm Oblast) was an Estonian politician. He was a member of IV Riigikogu. He was...
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    date for the conclusion of the alliance the year 1276. Cf. S. Zachorowski: Wiek XIII i panowanie Władysława Łokietka, [in:] R. Grodecki, S. Zachorowski,...
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    part of the state. It sits on the River Ryck, at its mouth into the Danish Wiek, a sub-bay of the Bay of Greifswald, which is itself a sub-bay of the Bay...
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    signed after the united forces of the Livonian Order, the Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, and Danish Estonia, including mainland Estonians and Latvians, defeated...
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    Brandenburg in order to raise funds for war against Poland. Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon still made peaceful efforts to regain the city, but to no avail...
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    brother-in-law, Alexios IV Angelos, as Emperor. This required the overthrow of Alexios III Angelos, the uncle of Alexios IV. Alexios IV offered the crusade...
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