Teutonic Knights’ Wars with Poland
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles, Knights, Knighthood
- Curriculum: German History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Poland
- Date: 1309-1466
Article abstract: At issue: Control of West Prussia. Result: The Teutonic Order became the dominant power of the Baltic coastline in the fourteenth century, then declined to insignificance in the fifteenth.
Background
In 1309, the last duke of Pomerellia (West Prussia) died. The uncrowned Polish king Władysław I Łokotiek, whose hold on the crown was shaky, asked the grandmaster of the Teutonic Order to eject the duke of Brandenburg, the feudal overlord, from the duchy. When the grandmaster asked for payment, however, Władysław I declined, whereupon...
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