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Duchy Of Estonia (other)
The Duchy of Estonia may refer to: *Duchy of Estonia (1219–1346) – ''Hertugdømmet Estland'', a Dominum directum of King of Denmark *Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721) The Duchy of Estonia ( sv, Hertigdömet Estland, et, Eestimaa hertsogkond, german: Herzogtum Estland), also known as Swedish Estonia, ( sv, Svenska Estland, italic=no) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721 during the time ... – ''Hertigdömet Estland'', a dominion of the Kingdom of Swedish Empire *Duchy of Estonia (1721–1917) or Governorate of Estonia – ''Эстляндская губерния, Estlyandskaya guberniya'', a viceroyalty of the Russian Empire {{disambig ...
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Duchy Of Estonia (1219–1346)
The Duchy of Estonia ( da, Hertugdømmet Estland la, Ducatus Estoniae), also known as Danish Estonia, was a direct dominion ( la, dominium directum) of the King of Denmark from 1219 until 1346 when it was sold to the Teutonic Order and became part of the '' Ordensstaat''. Denmark rose as a great military and mercantile power in the 12th century. It had an interest in ending the frequent Estonian attacks that threatened its Baltic trade. Danish fleets attacked Estonia in 1170, 1194, and 1197. In 1206, King Valdemar II and archbishop Andreas Sunonis led a raid on Ösel island (Saaremaa). The Kings of Denmark claimed Estonia, and this was recognised by the pope. In 1219 the Danish fleet landed in the major harbor of Estonia and defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lindanise that brought Northern Estonia under Danish rule until the Estonian uprising in 1343, when the territories were taken over by the Teutonic Order. They were sold by Denmark in 1346. Danish conquest D ...
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Duchy Of Estonia (1561–1721)
The Duchy of Estonia ( sv, Hertigdömet Estland, et, Eestimaa hertsogkond, german: Herzogtum Estland), also known as Swedish Estonia, ( sv, Svenska Estland, italic=no) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721 during the time that most or all of Estonia was under Swedish rule. The land was eventually ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad, following its capitulation, during the plague, in the Great Northern War. The dominion arose during the Livonian War, when the northern parts of present-day Estonia — Reval (Tallinn) and the counties of , , and — submitted to the Swedish king in 1561, and in 1581. It is also colloquially known as the "good old Swedish times" ( et, vana hea Rootsi aeg) by Estonians, but this expression was not used before the following Russian rule, in the beginning of which the situation of Estonian peasantry declined rapidly; to gain the support of the German Baltic nobility, Russia gave them more power over the peasantry. Head ...
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