The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (Chronicle) mentions Riga's earliest recorded fortifications upon a promontory, Senais kalns ("ancient hill"), later...
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of Zaumel. Michael Andreas's grandfather, Wilhelm Barclay de Tolly, served as the mayor of Riga, while his father served in the Russian army before being...
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assisted by merchants from Bremen and Lübeck and a few converts, had built fortifications along the River Düna, where Christians held their religious services...
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in 1927. They equipped two platoons of the 1st Tank Company, located in Riga. Kingdom of Spain Spanish Army purchased a single example for testing in...
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Georg Rimpler (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
musketeer, Rimpler fought during the 1656 Siege of Riga and later took an interest in military fortifications. During the 1660s he received an education in...
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southern Estonia and northern Latvia) became the governorates of Reval and Riga, when they were conquered by Russia during the Great Northern War, and then...
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Turaida Castle (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
administration of the Archbishopric of Riga. While there is little information about the construction of these fortifications, while there is considerable evidence...
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Duchy of Athens (section De la Roche family)
century. The first duke of Athens (as well as of Thebes, at first) was Otto de la Roche, a minor Burgundian knight of the Fourth Crusade. Although he was...
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Marshal (1693) Governor-General of Livonia (1696–1702) Fortifications of Gothenburg Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban Menno van Coehoorn Tureholm Castle Cathal...
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Santiago (redirect from Santiago de Chile)
present-day Santiago, with fortifications such as Huaca de Chena and the El Plomo hill sanctuary. According to Chilean historian Armando de Ramón, the area served...
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