The red-bricked Turaida Castle was built by King Caupo on the outskirts of this Hanseatic seaport city and de facto capital of Terra Mariana. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city founded by bishop Albert of Buxhoeveden (“books-HO-vuh-din”), who also commissioned its Daugagrīva Abbey. The archbishopric of this city moved from Ikšķile (“EEK-shkee-leh”) to here as part of an effort to convert the native Semigallians and Livs.
ANSWER: Riga [or Rīgõ]
[10e] The Livonian Order was formed as a branch of this larger military organization shortly after the founding of Riga. This Germanic organization launched several Prussian crusades under Grand Master Hermann von Salza.
ANSWER: Teutonic Knights [or Teutonic Order or Order of Brothers of the German House of St. Mary in Jerusalem]
[10m] This prince helped weaken Teutonic and Livonian influence in the Baltic region by routing a crusader army sent to attack Novgorod at Lake Peipus, in which numerous knights allegedly drowned after the thin ice broke.
ANSWER: Alexander Nevsky [or Alexander Yaroslavich or Alexander of the Neva; accept Aleksiy Nevsky or St. Alexander; prompt on Alexander]
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