Caupo of Turaida | |
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Leader of Livonia | |
Reign | Until 21 September 1217 |
Born | 12th century, presumably Kaup, Mokhovoye, modern-day Kaliningrad Oblast |
Died | Near Viljandi | 21 September 1217
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.