Marquart or Marquard of Burbach (died 1236) was a knight of the

Livonian Brothers of the Sword The Livonian Brothers of the Sword ( la, Fratres militiæ Christi Livoniae, german: Schwertbrüderorden) was a Catholic military order established in 1202 during the Livonian Crusade by Albert, the third bishop of Riga (or possibly by Theoderi ...

(from 1210). He came from a noble family in Burbach, a few kilometers east of

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in western

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. Marquart was commander of Aizkraukle Castle between 1211 and 1231, and ruled Aizkraukle County from his seat. In 1229, he repelled the invasion of the

Semigallians Semigallians ( Latvian ''Zemgaļi''; lt, Žiemgaliai, also ''Zemgalians, Semigalls, Semigalians'') were the Baltic tribe that lived in the southcentral part of contemporary Latvia and northern Lithuania. They are noted for their long resistance ...

and was wounded in a duel with the ruler

Viestards Viestards (also ''Viesthard, Vesthardus, Viesturs''; died 1230) was one of the greatest Semigallian dukes in the 13th century, referred to as King Vester ( goh, konic Vesters). Life His capital was Tērvete hillfort. During the first decades of ...

. Last mentioned in 1234, it is believed that he, together with many other warlords of the order, fell in the

Battle of Saule The Battle of Saule ( lt, Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; german: Schlacht von Schaulen; lv, Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan troops of Samogitians and Semigallians. Betwe ...

in 1236.

References

* *{{cite book , last1=Benninghoven , first1=Friedrich , title=Der Orden der Schwertbrüder. Fratres Milicie Christi de Livonia, date=1965 , url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/orden-der-schwertbruder-fratres-milicie-christi-de-livonia/oclc/1547012 , access-date=5 January 2023 , language=en History of Latvia 1296 deaths