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Teutonic Crusade against Samogitia, 1305
Around 1305, the Teutonic Order launched crusading military campaigns against the pagan Samogitians, a tribe under Lithuanian rule, from Prussia and …
Timeline
- 1305Prussia · PrussiaThe Teutonic Order assembled its forces from Prussian castles and advanced toward the Samogitian frontier in the name of the crusade, aiming to force the local tribes to abandon their pagan faith.
- 1305Samogitia · LithuaniaThe Samogitian tribes put up stubborn resistance, relying on forest and marsh terrain, and received support from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Order failed to achieve full conquest, and the two sides fell into a stalemate along the frontier.
Sources
- The Northern Crusades — Eric Christiansen (1997)
- The Teutonic Knights: A Military History — William Urban (2003)