Lieven
Sign in to saveThe House of Lieven (; ; ) is one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of Baltic-German origin. As such, the family belonged to the Baltic German nobility (in the Duchy of Courland), and later to the Russian and Swedish nobility.
Key facts
- Family.name
- Lieven
- Family.native_name
- Līveni, Līvens, Liewen, Ливен
- Family.native_name_lang
- Latvian, German, Russian, Swedish
- Family.coat_of_arms
- Lieven.jpg
- Family.coat_of_arms_size
- 200px
- Family.type
- Noble family
- Family.region
- Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, The Netherlands, France, United Kingdom
- Family.origin
- Livonia
- Family.founded
- Rome, 1203
- Family.founder
- Caupo of Turaida
- Family.titles
- Baron, Count, Knyaz (Prince)
- Family.traditions
- Baltic Germans, Estonian Swedes, Rus'
- Family.motto
- ´Si qua fors adiuvet’ 'For God and the Sovereign'
- Family.estate
- Liivi Manor, Swedish Estonia
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The House of Lieven (; ; ) is one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of Baltic-German origin. As such, the family belonged to the Baltic German nobility (in the Duchy of Courland), and later to the Russian and Swedish nobility.
==History== The family is descended from Caupo of Turaida (Latvian, Kaupo), the Livonian quasi rex who converted to Christianity in 1186, when Bishop Meinhard attempted to Christianize the region. The Livonian Chronicle of Henry tells that in the winter 1203–1204 Caupo went to Rome with Theoderich von Treyden, a Cistercian Monk who was later to become the founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the first bishop of Estonia. They were received in Rome by Pope Innocent III who supported their plans to Christianize Livonia, ennobled Caupo and granted him his coat of arms and the name Lieven. Caupo's grandson Nicholas was the first to spell his name Lieven.