The
Battle of Rakvere took place during his command of the Livonian Order, when on February 18, 1268, the combined forces of vassals of the
Danish crown, Livonian knights and local
Estonian militia fought the combined forces of
Novgorod and
Pskov; the outcome of the battle is in dispute in the chronicles. However, according to the
Livonian Rhymed Chronicle Otto von Luttenberg was not present during the battle (being at that time in
Semigallia) but in June of the following year led a Livonian retaliatory expedition to the lands of
Pskov, where the forces under his command burned the castle of
Izborsk, the town around Pskov castle and laid siege to the castle itself. The siege ended with a truce after the defenders received reinforcements from
Novgorod. Luttenberg then hastily traveled to Riga where he kidnapped and arrested the Archbishop of Riga
Alfred Suerbeer, and thus solved the long-simmering power struggle with the Archbishop in favor of the Order, the bishop being released only after he promised not to appeal to the Pope or oppose the Order in the future. Otto von Luttenberg was killed on 16 February 1270 at the
Battle of Karuse against the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is buried in
Karuse village church, in present-day Estonia. == References ==