Group
Teutonic Knights of Venice (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
The Teutonic Knights begin to direct their campaigns against pagan Lithuania, especially after the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at Acre in 1291.
The knights move their headquarters to Venice, whence they plan the recovery of Outremer.
Because "Lithuania Propria" will remain non-Christian until the end of the fourteenth century, much later than the rest of eastern Europe, many knights from western European countries, such as England and France, journey to Prussia to participate in the seasonal campaigns (reyse) against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Some of them campaign against pagans to obtain remission for their sins, while others fight to gain military experience.
Member Cities
- Acre > 'Akko Israel Israel Location
- Danzig > Gdansk Gdansk Poland Location
- Gdansk (Danzig) Gdansk Poland Location
- Kraków Krakow Poland Location
- Königsberg > Kaliningrad Kaliningradskaya Russia Location
- Marienburg > Malbork Elblag Poland Location
- Riga Gorod Riga Latvia Location
- Sandomierz Tarnobrzeg Poland Location
- Trakai Vilnius Lithuania Location
- Turaida Castle Rigas Rajons Latvia Location
- Warsaw > Warszawa Warszawa Poland Location
- Wroclaw (Breslau) Wroclaw Poland Location