Tālivaldis

Tālivaldis or Tālibalds (Latin: Thalibaldus de Tolowa; died 1215) was a Latgalian elder, the ruler of Tālava, whose support for Albert of Riga and the German crusaders brought about his death at the hands of the native Baltic peoples.

In 1211, the Estonians raided Tālava as revenge for the Latgalian support of the crusaders and pillaged the area round Trikāta, Tālivaldis's native region.

When the Northern Crusades began, Tālava fell into the spheres of influence of both Bishop Albert of Riga and Pskov.

At this point, Tālivaldis chose to support Albert, in the hope that the Germans would help the Tālavians to resist the pressure on them from the Russians.

Once the Tālavians and the Estonians were involved in a war of attrition, Albert seized the opportunity for the benefit of the German occupiers.