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Caupo of Turaida
| Caupo of Turaida | |
|---|---|
| Leader of Livonia | |
 Monument to Caupo at Krimulda Castle | |
| Reign | Until 21 September 1217 |
| Born | 12th century, presumably Kaup, Mokhovoye, modern-day Kaliningrad Oblast |
| Died | 21 September 1217 Near Viljandi |
| House | Lieven |
Caupo of Turaida, Kaupo or Kaupo Lieven, sometimes Kubbe (died 21 September 1217) was a leader of the Finnic-speaking Livonian people in the beginning of the 13th century, in what are now parts of Latvia and Estonia by the Gulf of Riga. He is sometimes called a 'King of Livonia', the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia refers to him as quasi rex, 'like a king. [1]
He is considered to be the progenitor of the Lieven family.
- ^ Stephen Turnubll, Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2 ed.), Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-17-80-96218-4
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