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The Estonian Knighthood (German: Estländische Ritterschaft, Estonian: Eestimaa rüütelkond) was a medieval fiefdom, as well as a corporation of its nobility, that was organised and operated in what is now northern Estonia from the 13th to early 20th century. It was formally disbanded by the newly independent Republic of Estonia in 1920. [1]
Map of 1790 showing Livonia, Estonia, Courland and Oesel. Baltic Noble Corporations of Courland, Livonia, Estonia, and Oesel (Ösel) were medieval fiefdoms formed by German nobles in the 13th century under vassalage to the Teutonic Knights and Denmark in modern Latvia and Estonia. The territories continued to have semi-autonomous status from ...
The agrarian legislation introduced in Estonia on 10 October 1919 and in Latvia on 16 September 1920 reflected above all a determination to break the disproportionate political and economic power of the German element. In Estonia 96.6% of all the estates belonging to the Baltic Germans were taken over, together with farms and villas.
The Estonian Knighthood House. The Estonian Knighthood House (Estonian: Eestimaa rüütelkonna hoone, German: Haus der Estländischen Ritterschaft) is a building in Toompea, the upper part of Vanalinn, the historic inner town of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Its address is Kiriku plats (Dome Square) 1. The Dome Church is situated at the same ...
Treaties were signed with Estonia and Latvia in 1939 and 1940 concerning the emigration of Baltic Germans and the liquidation of their educational, cultural, and religious institutions. Nazi Germany succeeded in getting the Baltic Germans to abandon their homes and homeland in haste.
The Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood (Estonian: Tallinna Rüütliordude Muuseum) is a private museum of history and culture in Tallinn, Estonia. [1] The main focus of the museum is the history of orders of knighthood and merit from all over the world.
Tönnies Maydell (d 1600), admiral of the Swedish fleet, Landrat, first knight's captain in the history of the Estonian Knighthood, 1593–1598; Jürgen Maydell (d 22 July 1637), Landrat, Swedish statthalter at Schloss Lohde in Estonia; Hermann Maydell († vor 1642), Polish Chamberlain, President of the Landrat Collegium in the Courland ...
Dukes of Estonia (7 P) H. Estonian noble families (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Estonian nobility" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total ...