1. Teutonic Knights - Noun
2. Teutonic Knights - Proper noun
Teutonic Knights
A German religious order founded in the late 12th century and known for conquering the Baltic Prussians and bringing Prussia under German control; the order exists today as a charitable organisation.
Teutonic Knights
plural of Teutonic Knight
According to the Elbląg museum Early in the 13th century the Teutonic Knights conquered the region, built a castle, and founded Elbing on the lake, with a population mostly from Lübeck (today the lake, now much smaller, no longer reaches the city). Source: Internet
Against Lithuania The Teutonic Knights began to direct their campaigns against pagan Lithuania (see Lithuanian mythology ), especially after the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at Acre in 1291. Source: Internet
A four-year truce stipulated Jogaila's conversion to Catholicism and the cession of half of Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights. Source: Internet
All of the Teutonic Knights' possessions were subordinate to the Grand Master whose seat was in Bad Mergentheim. Source: Internet
A rival of King Władysław I the Elbow-high to the Polish crown, John supported the Teutonic Knights in the Polish–Teutonic War from 1326 to 1332. Source: Internet
Around 1245 the Papal legate William of Modena reached a compromise: though incorporated into the Order's State, the archdiocese and its suffragan bishoprics were acknowledged with their autonomous ecclesiastical territories by the Teutonic Knights. Source: Internet