Polity Victual Brothers

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The Victual Brothers, a private organization, occupied the island of Gothland in 1394.

Establishment

  • January 1395: The Victual Brothers occupied the island in 1394 to set up a stronghold as a headquarters of their own in Visby.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1399: Gotland became a fief of the Teutonic Knights, awarded to them on the condition that they expel the piratical Victual Brothers from their fortified sanctuary. An invading army of Teutonic Knights conquered the island in 1398, destroying Visby and driving the Victual Brothers from Gotland.