Ugandi County

Coordinates: 58°10′N 26°50′E / 58.17°N 26.83°E / 58.17; 26.83
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For the ship, see
EML Ugandi (M315)
.
Ungannia
Ugandi
county of
Tarbatu, Otepää
Area
 • Coordinates58°10′N 26°50′E / 58.17°N 26.83°E / 58.17; 26.83
History 
• Established
unknown
• Disestablished
1224
 Succeeded by
Bishopric of Dorpat

Ugandi

Principality of Pskov. Ugandi had an area of approximately 3000 hides. Ugandi corresponded roughly to the present Estonia's territory of Võru County, Põlva County and half of Tartu County and Valga County, as well as Petseri County
.

The county was first mentioned in print by

Tarbatu by the river Emajõgi (literally, "Mother River"). It was erected around 600 AD on the east side of Toome Hill (Toomemägi) in what is today Tartu. Due to its location, Ugandi always bore the brunt of East Slavs' attacks against Chudes, as they called Finnic peoples
around their North-Eastern boundaries.

History

In 1030

Principality of Pskov
made frequent raids against Ugaunians in the 12th century but never succeeded to subjugate them. Fort Bear's Head was conquered in 1116 and 1193, Tarbatu in 1134 and 1192. Ugaunians themselves made several raids against Pskov.

At the beginning of the 13th century, a new powerful enemy appeared. German crusaders had established a foothold at the mouth of the

Teutonic Knights sent a new delegation to Ugaunia and returned with Ugaunian envoys. Ugaunians were offered "eternal peace" if they accept Christianity and return everything they had robbed from Germans and Letts. Ugaunians refused and left, threatening the Letts with "very sharp lances". The crusaders and Letts went to war against Ugaunians. They burned Otepää and returned with captives and booty. Ugaunians and Sackalians retaliated, raided territories of the Letts and burned their worst enemies alive. The Livonians and the Bishop of Riga wanted peace and sent the priest Alabrand to Otepää to negotiate. Alabrand used the gathering of Ugaunians to preach the Christianity to them. Some pagan Ugaunians wanted to kill him because of his preaching, but his status as the messenger of the bishop protected him. Ugaunians made peace with the Bishop of Riga, the leader of the Livonian Crusade
.

In 1210 the Novgorodian prince

Œselians attacked Otepää, Ugaunians along with crusaders made raids against Novgorod, Vironians and Votians
.

In 1220 Ugaunians rebelled against the Germans. Sackalians sent bloody swords with which they had killed Germans to Ugaunians of Tarbatu and Otepää. In Tarbatu they decided by lot whether to

Battle on Lake Peipus in 1242. Ugaunia became subsequently known as the Bishopric of Dorpat
.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0-8108-4904-6
  2. ^ Ugaunia at books.google.com
  3. ISBN 0-231-12889-4
  4. ^ Igaunija at lv.wikipedia
  5. ^ Tvauri, Andres (2012). The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. pp. 33, 59, 60. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  6. ^ Mäesalu, Ain (2012). "Could Kedipiv in East-Slavonic Chronicles be Keava hill fort?" (PDF). Estonian Journal of Archaeology. 1: 199. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

External links

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