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Pomerelia was integrated into the Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights after the Teutonic takeover of Danzig in 1308, and became a part of province of Royal Prussia within the Kingdom of Poland in 1466. The Duchy of Pomerania was internally fragmented into Pomerania-Wolgast, -Stettin, -Barth, and -Stolp.
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem.The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem was formed to aid Christians on their pilgrimages to the Holy Land and to establish hospitals.
Wenceslaus, who with the Polish crown had also acquired the claim to Pomerelia, called the Teutonic Order for help. The Teutonic knights occupied Gdańsk, repelled the princes of Rügen, and left the town in 1302. While the Norwegian king Haakon backed Rügen's claims, his 1302 call to the Hanseatic cities for aid remained without answer.
Władysław reacted by calling the forces of the Teutonic Order, who, under the command of Heinrich von Plötzke in 1308, re-conquered Gdańsk and most of Pomerelia. However, after the Teutonic takeover , they denied the handover to Władysław, as the duke refused to pay the requested expense allowance.
Duchy of Białogarda (Polish: Księstwo białogardzkie) was a duchy in the Pomerelia centred around its capital, Białogarda.It was formed in 1233 from the partition of the Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo, [1] [2] and existed until 1262 when it was incorporated into the State of the Teutonic Order. [3]
The Treaty formally concluded the Polish-Teutonic War, which began in 1326/1327.It ended the long-running diplomatic clashes over Pomerelia, including Gdańsk, an area that the Teutonic Order had possessed since 1308 and viewed as its legal property since the Treaty of Soldin (1309) with the Margraves of Brandenburg.
Pomerelia (Pommerellen) and Danzig while part of the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights.Heinrich von Plötzke (c. 1264 – 27 July 1320 in Medininkai, Lithuania) was an officer of the Teutonic Order during the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
The first Polish duke Mieszko I invaded Pomerania and subdued the gard of Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) and the adjacent areas in the 960s. [2] He also fought the Wolinians, but despite a won battle in 967, he did not succeed in the town of Wolin itself. [3]