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Hermann Wesel
Hermann Wesel was the last Bishop of Dorpat, elected in 1554. When the armies of Ivan IV took Dorpat in 1558 at the start of the Livonian War, he surrendered the city and was carried off to Russia, where he died in captivity. His removal ended the bishopric as an independent territory.
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