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The Archbishops of Riga (1202) 1255-1561 were the secular rulers of Riga, the capital of Livonia (now known as Latvia). It was abolished in 1561 due to the conversion of the territory of the Livonian Order from Catholicism to Lutheranism. The see was restored as a bishopric of the Catholic Church in 1918 and raised into an archbishopric in 1923. Riga (Rīga in Latvian), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′ N 24°8′ E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial...
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Bishops and Archbishops of Riga
The Bishopric of Riga, 1186-1255 - Meinhard, 1186 - 1196
- Berthold, 1196 - 1198
- Albert of Buxhoeveden, 1199-1229
- Nikolaus von Nauen 1229 - 1253
The career of Albert of Buxhoeveden (ca 1165 - Riga, January 17, 1229) and his brother Hermann exemplify the double nature of power, ecclesiastical and secular, especially on the marches of Europe, where Roman Catholicism was pushing aggressively to the East. ...
The Archbishopric of Riga, 1255-1561 - Albert Suerbeer 1245 - 1273
- Johannes I von Lune, 1273 - 1284
- Johannes II von Vechten, 1285 - 1294
- Johannes III von Schwerin, 1294 -1300
- Isarnus Takkon, 1300 - 1302,
- Friedrich von Pernstein, 1304 - 1341
- Engelbert von Dolen, 1341 - 1347
- Bromhold von Vyffhusen, 1348 - 1369
- Siegfried Blomberg 1370 - 1374
- Johannes IV von Sinten, 1374 - 1393. 24.IX)
- Johannes V von Wallenrodt, 1393 - 1418
- Johannes VI Ambundi, 1418-1424
- Henning Scharpenberg, 1424-1448
- Silvester Stodewescher, 1448-1479
- Sede Vacante (empty seat), 1479-1484
- Michael Hildebrand, 1484-1509
- Jasper Linde, 1509-1524 (due to deflation, no coins were minted during the reign of Jasper Linde; biographical data exists in alternate formats)
- Johannes VII Blankenfeld, 1524-1527 (due to deflation, no coins were minted during the reign of Johannes VII Blankenfeld; biographical data exists in alternate formats)
- Thomas Schoning, 1528-1539
- Wilhelm of Brandenburg, 1539-1563
See secularized 1563, restored 1918. Albert II Suerbeer was the first Archbishop of Riga. ...
In economics, deflation is a decrease in the general price level, or a rise in the purchasing power of money with respect to a large class of goods or services. ...
Wilhelm of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Riga, was a member of the house of Hohenzollern. ...
Restored Bishopric of Riga, 1918-1923 - Eduard Graf O'Rourke, 1918-1920
Archbishopric of Riga, 1923-present - Antonijs Spingovics, 1920-1958
vacant - Janis Pujats, 1991-present
The coinage The Archbishops of Riga were innovators in the field of minting currency, reviving techniques abandoned since the collapse of Rome. The names of individual archbishops after 1418, as well as the years of their respective reigns, are stamped on Livonian pennies excavated at archaeological sites; in many cases, this is the only biographical data available. No Livonian pennies before 1418 have been found. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
Above: A variety of coins considered to be lower-value, including an Irish 2p piece and many US pennies. ...
More information about the role of the Archbishopric of Riga in the history of coinage is available at http://department.monm.edu/history/urban/articles/COINS.htm
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