Polity Teutonic Order (Poland)

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After losing extensive territory in the imposed Peace of Thorn in 1466, the extant territory of its Prussian branch became known as Monastic Prussia or Teutonic Prussia and existed until 1525 as a part and fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland.

Establishment

  • October 1466: Peace of Thorn: Remaining Prussian Territories become a polish fief.

Chronology

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1. Polish-Teutonic Wars

Were a series of Wars between the Teutonic Order and the Kingdom of Poland. .

1.1. Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466)

Was a conflict fought in 1454-1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and the State of the Teutonic Order.

  • October 1466: Peace of Thorn: Remaining Prussian Territories become a polish fief.

1.2. War of the Priests (Poland)

Was a war between the Teutonic Order and the Kingdom of Poland over the choice of the Bishop of Warmia.

  • January 1477: In 1477 Martin von Wetzhausen, the new grand master of the Teutonic Order refused to make his oath of fealty to the Polish king and invaded Warmia, taking Chełm and Starogard Chełminski.
  • January 1478: Under the command of Jan Biały and Piotr Dunin, the Polish forces occupied several cities in Warmia and Pomesania.

1.3. Polish-Teutonic War (1519-1521)

Was a war between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Knights.

1.3.1. Polish Invasion of the Teutonic State (1519)

Was the Polish invasion of the Teutonic State at the beginning of the Polish-Teutonic War (1519-1521).

  • February 1519: Preußisch Holland (modern-day Pasłęk) conquered by poland-lithuania.
  • February 1519: In 1519, Polish forces led by Grand Crown Hetman Mikołaj Firlej besieged Marienwerder in Pomesania, which was part of the Teutonic Order's territory. The military occupation of Marienwerder eventually led to the territory being transferred to Poland-Lithuania.
  • May 1519: The Polish army received artillery reinforcements in April and took Marienwerder and Prussian Holland, but failed to retake Braunsberg.

1.3.2. Treaty of Kraków (1525)

Was the treaty that ended the Polish-Teutonic War (1519-1521).

  • April 1525: The Cavalry War from 1519 to 1521 was the last military attempt by the Teutonic Order under its last Grand Master, Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach, to liberate the Teutonic Order state in East Prussia from Polish tutelage. In the armistice after unsuccessful fighting, Albrecht became a Protestant, secularized the country in 1525 and was the first Duke of Prussia to take it as a fief from King Sigismund I of Poland.

Disestablishment

  • April 1525: The Cavalry War from 1519 to 1521 was the last military attempt by the Teutonic Order under its last Grand Master, Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach, to liberate the Teutonic Order state in East Prussia from Polish tutelage. In the armistice after unsuccessful fighting, Albrecht became a Protestant, secularized the country in 1525 and was the first Duke of Prussia to take it as a fief from King Sigismund I of Poland.