This broke the Teuton’s fighting power but did not drive them away. A massive force of Lithuanians and a large fighting force of Polish moved into the Order’s territory and on July 16, 1410, the Battle of Grunwald took place. So it was that the Anti-Teuton campaign began. The rash actions of the Order, incursions, sieges and battles after the baptism of Lithuania led to a Polish-Lithuanian Alliance, which had enough of the Order & their belligerent ways and made plans to get rid of them. They wanted to conquer the territory of Lithuania and Prussia, however, the Knights were not destined to be victorious. The End of the Teutonic Orderīy 1407, The Order was at the peak of it’s power. Thus the fate of the Teutonic Order Was Sealed. The alliance of Poland and Lithuanian was made in the form of a marriage pact, between Jogaila and Jadwiga of Poland. They made many incursions into Lithuania and fought many battles, however to hopefully make the order content and rest from the long wars, Lithuanian Grand Duke Jogaila (Polish name Jagiello, however, the king was Lithuanian) was baptised along with the whole of Lithuania. They were invited to defend the borders of Poland and to subdue the Prussians by Konrad the First, in 1226. The Teutonic Knights were the more powerful of the two orders in the north. They made incursions, known as Reisen (In Lithuanian: Reizai), into Lithuanian territory, eventually being defeated and destroyed in the 16th century. After this defeat, they were almost destroyed and the only thing that saved the brotherhood was to unite with the Teutonic order.

This brotherhood managed to conquer many pagan tribes, but was stopped at the battle of Saule (Translation would be: “The Battle of the Sun”).

Lithuania Table Of Contents Brief HistoryĤ.The Errors in “Kingdoms” Kingdoms Factionģ.Strengths and Weaknesses Great Leaders of LithuaniaĪs the threat of Pagan expansion in the east cast a shadow on Christian Europe, the Brotherhood of the Sword was established (1202) north of (Today’s Estonia) the most powerful pagan nation – Lithuania. Search Search for: SirDracko Review of M2TW: Kingdoms

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