 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muhafu yekutanga yezana ramakore rechi13, misha iri pedyo nerwizi rwaDaugava yaiwanzorwiswa nevaLithuania. Livonian Order, iyo yakanga yatanga kukunda kumabvazuva kweSemigallia munenge panguva imwe chete, yakaita mubatanidzwa neSemigallians neLatgalians kurwisa maLithuania. Munguva yechando muna 1205, uto revaSemigallian raitungamirirwa nevaViestard rakarwisa mauto aDuke Žvelgaitis wekuLithuania, uyo akanga achidzoka achibva kuhondo neEstonia aine zvakapambwa uye varanda vekuEstonia. Varwi vake vakabatwa vasingazivi pavakanga vachiyambuka mazaya echando akakwirira kusvika muchiuno. Žvelgaitis akaurayiwa nepfumo rakakandwa nomuGermany Theodore Schilling. Varwi veLithuania 1 200 vakafa; varanda veEstonia vakaurawawo, mukutsiva mhosva dzakapfuura dzaiitirwa vaLivonia. Muna 1208, Viestards akatungamirira boka revarwi veSemigallian neCrusader kupinda muLithuania asi akakundwa. Muna 1220, Mezuotne, pakati peEastern Semigallia yakaparadzwa neLivonian Order. Muna 1236, vaSemigallians vakapinda muhondo inokosha yeSaulepamwe chete navaLithuania vachirwa neLivonian Order. Mugore iroro, kumukira kwakatanga kumabvazuva kweSemigallia. 