The war between Pomerania and the Teutonic …
Years: 1247 - 1247
December
The war between Pomerania and the Teutonic Knights is renewed in 1247 when large Teutonic reinforcements arrive in Prussia.
On Christmas Eve of 1247, the Knights besieged and overwhelm a major Pogesanian fortress, which they later rename Christburg (Dzierzgoń), and newly arrived Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, subdues the Pogesanians.
Locations
People
- Henry III, Margrave of Meissen
- Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg
- Pope Innocent IV
- Pope Urban IV
- Swietopelk II
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Prussians, Old, or Baltic (Western Balts)
- Poles (West Slavs)
- Meissen, March of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Pogesanians (Prussian clan)
- Pomerania, Polish Duchy of
- Mazovia, Duchy of
- Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
- Brandenburg (Ascanian) Margravate of
- Teutonic Knights of Acre (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
Topics
- Crusades, The
- Poland, Fragmentation of
- Northern Crusades, or Baltic Crusades
- Teutonic Knights' Conquest of Prussia
- Prussian Uprising, First
