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Wenno
Wenno was the first master of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, the crusading order founded in 1202 to conquer and convert Livonia. He led its early campaigns against the Livs and Latgalians from Riga. In 1209 he was murdered by one of the order's own brothers, Wickbert, and was succeeded by Volquin.
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