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Topic: William II's War with Robert Curthose
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Lembitu

Estonian elder of Sakala County and military leader
Years: 1170 - 1217

Lembitu (Estonian also: Lembit, died September 21, 1217) is an Estonian elder of Sakala County and military leader in the struggle against conquest of the Estonian lands by the German Livonian Brothers of the Sword at the beginning of the thirteenth century.

He is the only Estonian pre-Crusade ruler, about whom some biographical information is known (he is mentioned only in the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia).