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Teutonic Knights

Type Object Region Baltic Time 1198–1525

The Teutonic Knights were a Catholic military order formally established at Acre in 1198, turning to the Baltic in the early 13th century to conquer …

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  1. 1198Acre · LevantAfter the Third Crusade, the German Order was reorganized at Acre as the Teutonic Knights, gaining recognition from Pope Innocent III and becoming a Catholic military order alongside the Templars and Hospitallers.
  2. c. 1210–1220Prussia · PrussiaGrand Master Hermann von Salza led the order into Prussia, advancing Christianization through a combination of military conquest, castle strongholds, and German settler colonization, opening a long war against the Prussians.
  3. c. 1221–1230Prussian–Livonian border · LivoniaIn the 1220s the order continuously expanded stone castles in Prussia, consolidated its military corridor, and intervened in Livonian affairs, contending with Danish and Polish powers, gradually establishing a basis for rule over pagan lands.

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