Battle of Lihula was fought between invading Swedes and Estonians for the control of the Lihula Castle in Lihula, Estonia in 1220. Swedish troops, initially led by king John, had earlier that year invaded the western coast of Estonia, which had not yet been taken over by the Teutonic Knights. Swedes took the Lihula stronghold and left there a small garrison. Swedish jarl Charles the Deaf and bishop Karl Magnusson of Linköping, both from the powerful House of Bjelbo, also remained in the castle. On August 8th, a combined Oeselian and Rotalian army stormed the castle, killing the jarl, the bishop and 500 other men, leaving no Swedish presence in Estonia at all. The Teutonic knights in Pskov in 1240. ... // The world in 1220 Middle Ages in Europe Fifth Crusade (1217-1221) Events Mongols first invade Abbasid caliphate - Bukhara and Samarkand taken End of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, destroyed by Genghis Khans Mongolian cavalry Dominican Order approved by Pope Honorius III Frederick II crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope... Lihula is a town in Läänemaa, Estonia. ... Lihula is a town in Läänemaa, Estonia. ... Johan Sverkersson (c. ... The Teutonic Knights or Teutonic Order (Ordo domus Sanctæ Mariæ Theutonicorum Ierosolimitanorum, Order of the Teutonic House of Mary in Jerusalem) is a German Roman Catholic religious order formed at the end of the 12th century in Acre in Palestine. ... Bishops of the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden. ... Family of Bjälbo is a name particularly in research literature used for a medieval Swedish line of nobles and kings. ...

The short-lived Swedish attempt to gain foothold in Estonia was motivated by the quickly advancing Danish and German armies that had been able to conquest most of the area in the early 13th century. However, Battle of Lihula marked the end of the Swedish expansion in Estonia for more than 300 years, and the country was left for Teutonic knights, German bishops and Denmark to divide. In the meantime, Sweden focused on Finland and the permanent conflict with Novgorod. Eventually in 1561, Sweden succeeded in establishing its rule in Estonia for the following 150 years. The Teutonic knights in Pskov in 1240. ... The Republic of Novgorod and medieval Sweden waged a number of wars for control of the Gulf of Finland, an area vital for the lucrative Hanseatic trade. ...

Battle of Lihula is known in detail from the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia and Livonian Rhymed Chronicle. The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia (Latvian: Indrika hronikas, Latin: Heinrici Cronicon Lyvoniae) is a historic document describing the history of Latvia and Estonia from 1180 to 1227. ... Livlandische Reimchronik: The Old Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, written in Low German by an anonymous writer covers the period 1180 – 1290 and contains a wealth of detail about ‘strange’ Estonia. ...

See also

• Battle of the Neva
• Second Swedish Crusade