This entity gained sovereignty over one people through the Treaty of Christburg, while the Samogitians launched two uprisings against this entity.
This entity gained sovereignty over one people through the Treaty of Christburg, while the Samogitians launched two uprisings against this entity. Following one of this entity's biggest defeats, it fought in the small-scale Gollub and Hunger Wars. In an attempt to ward off the Cumans, this group was temporarily given autonomous control of (*) Transylvania by Andrew II of Hungary, although this group's influence was checked by organizations like the Lizard League. During the aforementioned Transylvanian campaign they were led by Hermann von Salza. Their decline is often traced to a decisive loss at the First Battle of Tannenberg in 1410, a battle also called Grunwald. This order was formed during the Siege of Acre to provide relief to the sick and wounded. For 10 points, name this medieval crusading order of German knights.
This entity gained sovereignty over one people through the Treaty of Christburg, while the Samogitians launched two uprisings against this entity.
{Teutonic} Knights [or {House} of the {Hospitalers} of {Saint Mary} of the {Teutons} in {Jerusalem}; or {Teutonic} Order; or Order of {Brothers} of the German {House} of {Saint Mary} in {Jerusalem}; or {Deutscher Orden}; or {Deutscher Ritter}-{Orden}; or {Haus der Ritter des Hospitals Sankt Marien der Deutschen zu Jerusalem}; or {Domus Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum} in {Jerusalem}]