Return to History Our two Knights Chambers are located on the first floor (no elevator), named after historical persons and a little larger than our ordinary rooms, the Knights Chambers also have bath. Albert of Rigas Chamber In March 1199, Albert of Riga gathered what was to become the Livonian brothers of the sword, in the strategic location that Visby offered. Albert Buxhoeveden (1165-1229) was dean in the German town of Bremen, and was sent by his uncle Hartwig, archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg, to christian the Baltic people, however also with some land conquers as bonus result. During the spring of 1200 he led 23 ships and 1500 armed crusaders. On Gotland, Albert established an assembly location – most likely in our neighbourhood – and assisted by Gotlanders he founded Riga in 1201, the capital of today´s Latvia. Later Albert became prins-bishop of Livonia. Kristina and Petrus Chamber Petrus da Dacia was prior in the Dominicanian covent of Saint Nicolas in Visby during the later 13th century. He is often spoken of as “Swedens first author” thanks to his preserved correspondence with Kristina of Strumbelen or Stromelen (near Köln). His addition name Dacia is a medieval signification of the Scandinavian countries. The undertone in Kristina´s and Petrus´s letters insinuates a restrained love, that in the contemporary culture, remained, as far as we know, platonic.