Uļi Kīnkamegs [SEP] place of death
Uļi Kīnkamegs
Uļi Kīnkamegs ("Uldriķis Kāpbergs", in Livonian "Uļi Kīnkamäg") (March 25 1869, born in Miķeļtornis – June 01 1932, died in Ventspils) was Livonian nationalist and religious zealot. He was known for not accepting Latvian rule over Livonians and for this he got the nickname "King of Livs". He also wrote poetry to the magazine "Līvli". In the 1920s, the Latvian police arrested him because he refused to pay his taxes. He died in Ventspils prison in 1932
Kolka in Courland.
The Livonian Dāvis Stalts was elected into the Latvian parliament, the Saeima in 2011. In 2018, after being re-elected to the Saeima, Janīna Kursīte-Pakule delivered her oath in Livonian before being asked to retake it in Latvian, which she did in the Livonian dialect of Latvian.
Notable Livonians.
- Pētõr Damberg, linguist, poet and educator
- Uļi Kīnkamegs, nationalist
- Edgar Vaalgamaa, Lutheran pastor and translator
External links.
- Livones.lv
- Virtual