Revala

Revala^[1] (also Rävälä, Latin: Revalia,^[2] by Henry of Livonia Revele, by Danish Census Book Revælæ) was an Ancient Estonian county. It was located in northern Estonia, by the Gulf of Finland and corresponded roughly to the present territory of Harju County. It was conquered by the Danish in 1219 during the Estonian Crusade. It also contained the town of Lindanise, nowadays known as Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

Revalia Revala
County of Ancient Estonia
9th century–1224
Revala within the Ancient Estonia
Capital	Lindanisa
Area
• Coordinates	59°20′N 25°00′E
• Type	Council of Elders
History
• Established	9th century
• Disestablished	1224
Succeeded by Danish Estonia

The Icelandic Njal's saga—composed after 1270, but describing events between the years 960 and 1020—mentions an event that occurred somewhere in the area of what is now Tallinn and calls the place Rafala. The toponym, Rafala, was probably a derivation of Rävala, or Revala, or some other variant of the locally used Estonian-language name for the adjacent medieval Estonian county.

Parishes

• Rebala
• Ocrielæ
• Vomentakæ (Võhmataga)

See also

• Battle of Lyndanisse
• Danish Estonia
• History of Estonia
• Harria
• List of Estonian rulers
• Livonian Crusade
• St. George's Night Uprising

References

1. Miljan, Toivo (2004). Historical Dictionary of Estonia. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press. p. 103. ISBN 0-8108-4904-6.
2. Raun, Toivo (2001). Estonia and the Estonians. Hoover Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-8179-2852-9.