Top 5 Battles of the Teutonic Knights, 1230-1410 - DOCUMENTARY

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The Teutonic Knights: one of the most recognizable military orders. They will forever evoke the grim forest battles of the Northern Crusades. The Teutonic Order drove the success of the Baltic Crusades in their relentless wars to subdue Prussia. However, the Teutonic Knights were active on many fronts. Today, we’ll look at five noteworthy battles of the Teutonic Knights, taken from various phases in their history, and various theaters of war - from Prussia, to Achaea, to Lithuania to Poland. Join us!
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Sources:
-Christiansen, Eric - The Northern Crusades, (Penguin, 1998)
-Miller, William - The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece, 1204-1566, (E.P. Dutton and Company, 1908)
-Nicolaus von Jeroschin - The Chronicle of Prussia: A History of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia, trans. Mary Fischer, 1190-1331, (Ashgate, 2016)
-Riley-Smith, Jonathan - The Crusades: A History, (Yale University Press, 2005)
-Tyerman, Christopher - God’s War, (Harvard University Press, 2006)
-Urban, William - The Prussian Crusade, (Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, 2000)
-Urban, William - The Teutonic Knights: A Military History, (Greenhill, 2003)
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[@kikigkz]

Hi man, Great work. Thank for your time and dedication allowing people to have easy access to knowledge about history Moreover Christian history. May the Lord bless your work, your home and your familly. From France with Faith, Kiki

[@shady83]

Can't help imagining did the church have a chance to merge the Orders into a single army and reform a roman empire around it,

[@BlaineTanner]

I love the Teutonic knights ! Can we please get a FULL documentary on them . I knew there was one before but can we get more in depth on characters and battles all in one ! ❤

[@insertnamehere8121]

He has a 50 minute video titled "The Teutonic Knights: Crusaders of the North", that you should check out

[@alejandrocalvo713]

Man I hope you never stop making content your channel is amazing knowledge as well as entertainment, thank you.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I appreciate that!

[@highlordsilverhand1228]

It’s a great day when there is a brand new video about the Teutonic Knights!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thank you brother!

[@victxbr]

Your Crusade Videos are the best about this topic. Keep the good work man

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you like them!

[@snatchy9837]

I had assumed Grunwald would be number one for being the decisive battle of the northern crusades, but I suppose the battle that ensured the orders own survival, despite never recovering fully, would be the number 1 for the teutonic knights.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

To be fair, I wanted to go through that story chronologically, since it makes for a great account.

[@snatchy9837]

@@RealCrusadesHistory Agreed.

[@nirtulys]

Would've been nice to mention that Polish king Wladyslaw was from Lithuania and a cousin to Grand Duke Vytautas. And it was mutual agreement to prepare for war against Order. But that's probablay mine national sensitivities talking :) Overall, thank you for video

[@Diversus100]

​@@nirtulyswould have been a good continuation to mention that his father was no one else but Algirdas himself.

[@NightShooter87]

I've followed this channel for ages, still highest quality out there, on the subject.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for another really good video on the Teutonic Knights ⚔️ they will always be my favorite order.

[@bakters]

Psychopaths and murderers, just about all of them. They massacred Gdańsk, a city they agreed to protect. They also only managed to take over Prussia, because they literally murdered all the Prussians. Without Polish help, they couldn't stand up to them. Even Copernicus, born and raised in Prussia, was against them, while he was in favor of the Polish king. The (later, not pagan) Prussians *taxed themselves* in order to finance the Polish war against their own state. Still your favorite?

[@thek.o.knetwork3617]

The order of saint mary the teutons⚔️🗡️

[@portucale1143-ki1ex]

Amazing content as always!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Appreciate it!

[@TheXenomorphwarrior]

I always thought the siege of Marrienburg could make for the basis of a really cool movie. I love your Teutonic knight content and even bought and read the William Urban novel about them twice which was a great read. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@jubraka]

Awesome as always

[@zact2342]

Constantly learning new things on this channel, always in an entertaining and detailed way. It's the best out there!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I appreciate that very much. I'm very honored by your comment.

[@marciofelipejustino2563]

AS CRUZADAS É UM DOS MEUS PERÍODOS HISTÓRICOS FAVORITOS

[@AD-en5dq]

These videos look too good it be awesome to see a full documentary on the era in this style

[@michaelman957]

This is fascinating. I would love a deeper look on whether the Order truly had gone astray at the end, or if it's more complicated than that.

[@JRBDWD]

I like the Teutonic Knights a lot. Thanks for the video,brother.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Incredible and informative as always 👍🏻🙏.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Barlas511]

Do relate about the Kipchak Memluke knights too.

[@EasternRomanHistory]

I do appreciate your including quite an important Byzantine battle in a video about the Teutonic order.

[@lilbuddie5980]

Ok. My favorite battle is either The Battle on Ice because of how Legendary it was, or, the Siege of Marienburg because of how Legendary it was.

[@adamspence7880]

Great job

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Hey thanks

[@adamspence7880]

Yes sir been following for a few years. The honest telling of history is a huge task. Glad you saddled it, no doubt you nailed it.

[@ivona.becher]

Would you ever do siege of Danzig 1308? There is no videos on the topic and it is a very interesting topic.

[@derper9308]

I'm not sure why the Teutonic Knights are the most interesting group of the crusades, in my opinion. Your videos are great for both watching and listening to! Keep up the good work.

[@trister1]

I just finished and loved your book. Look forward to more, maybe on this subject!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks very much! Would love to hear more of your thoughts. Please feel free to email me real crusades history at g mail dot com. No spaces.

[@slobodankopanja2506]

What about the famous battle on the ice between the teutonic knights and principality of novgorod?

[@bumspanka0927]

How about a video describing the biggest defeats of the Teutonic Knights?

[@highlordsilverhand1228]

He has a video on that already

[@jimtsikos7712]

Can you do a video on knights in the pike and shot era??

[@zafeirioskolidakis2078]

They didn't participate in any major battles in the holy land?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

They did, but their role was always fairly limited. Plus that, discussing the Teutonic Knights gives us a chance to get away from the Holy Land for a change.

[@zafeirioskolidakis2078]

@@RealCrusadesHistory Ok, so you use the Teutonic order, in order to present the northern Crusades.

[@highlordsilverhand1228]

I was so happy to see Heinrich von plauen get some lime-light. He saved the order after grunwald!! Best crusader channel RCH!!

[@CptHookNose]

No battle on the ice?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Already covered it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4ekd5qJg7qoock

[@swiftcee266]

PLEASE! do a video on the Teutonic Knights at the Siege of Acre...and their subsequent *surrender* whilst the Templars and the Hospitallers fought to the last like true knights of the cross!

[@henryc.1131]

The Teutonic Order and the Order of Lazarus had no survivors, they all died during the siege. But the Templars and Hospitallers fled after the Mamluks captured nearly all of the city except the Templars fortress.

[@chaboiassassins]

why didn't you mention the battle on the ice with alexander nevski

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Already covered it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4ekd5qJg7qoock

[@ZenexTheZealous]

Top 5 (or 50) battles of the Knights Hospitaller next? 👀

[@The_ZeroLine]

Correction: “What they believed was a fragment of the true cross.” There were enough of these in monasteries across Europe and the Holy Land to build a fleet.

[@julreedangngay7088]

Do videos about "WINGED POLISH HUSSARS" the greatest cavalry in history

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[@shaifunnessa7816]

Skanderbeg and Stephen the great and mircea the elder and Michael the brave biography please make video

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What game is showed in this video?

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its a real shame that medieval 3 came to be as a mod for atilla and not a real game

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Not a fan?

[@julreedangngay7088]

Please do make a video of "Skanderbeg" the sword pf Christendom

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Well I understand but, it supports my channel every time someone downloads the game from my link, so if you feel like trying out a new game, you might give War Machines a shot! I do appreciate them sponsoring this video, they are a very gracious sponsor and it's great that they're supporting this history.

[@Spartan902]

@@RealCrusadesHistory I actually have tried War Machines already and uninstalled the game as I really prefer WOT-B as it's just better in every aspect so sorry about that but I always watch your posts and hit the like button to support the channel and hit the like button on the comments to help the algorithm pump out your posts to more people. Thanks for entertaining me and educating me!👍🇦🇺

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Hey man and I can't thank you enough for supporting what I do! Thanks you and I hope you continue to enjoy the content.@@Spartan902

[@julreedangngay7088]

@Real Crusader history please do make a video about "Skanderbeg(Sword of Christendom.) Vlad the Impaler, lastly, the Polish winged hussars (that save Europe from the invasion of ottomans "

[@julreedangngay7088]

Thankyou in advance ❤

[@andriustip]

What about battle of Durbe in today Latvia in 1260 07 13

[@user-fb2be4ei2q]

Do you recommend buying military history of the teutonic order by william urban? im intrigued to learn more about them.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I have it, and it's a great book. A go to source for me for these videos. Urban is one of the foremost experts on the order living today.

[@julreedangngay7088]

And also "Vlad the Impaler"

[@julreedangngay7088]

@RealCrusaderhistory

[@melchiorclaromonte4570]

DO A VIDEO about battle of Legnica 1241. Poles and Germans against Mongols. In your vid please present the TRUTH that mainly the Templars fought on the Polish side, and there were not as many Teutonic Knights as the chronicler Jan Długosz confabulated. The Templars, because the Templar commanderies were located in Silesia, whose ruler was Henry the Bearded, who was in favor of supporting the Templars (e.g. He founded the Templar commandery in Tempelhof/Berlin)

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Excellent point! I actually do discuss that thoroughly in this documentary, which begins with Legnica in 1241. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYG9c2Wijsqdj8U

[@JozefZubor153]

Finally! Video about this great order! Gott mit uns! ⬜⬛⬜ ⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬛⬜ ⬜⬛⬜

[@Diversus100]

Meh, genocidal thieves.

[@MBP1918]

Sigma knights

[@bakters]

12:30 - They were saved by the Poles, but then "acquired" Pomerelia. That's an extremely politically correct way of saying it. They got it by outright treachery, no joke. Basically, the Slavs in Pomerelia (even Masovia with current Warsaw was not called Poland back then) were heavily pressured by the Brandenburg. Gdańsk was about to be besieged, so they asked the "brothers" for help, even the king of Poland got involved. The "brothers" came in in force, took over the keep, kicked out all the Slavs from it, and successfully defended it. *But then they massacred the city.* Defenders massacring the city they defended? Such a holy order they were...

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Both sides had their accusations against each other. The Teutonic Knights claim the Poles and Lithuanians sacked and brutalized Gilgenburg, the Poles and Luthuanians denied that.

[@bakters]

@@RealCrusadesHistory Were they asked and *agreed* to protect this Gilgensomething? I bet not. Anyway, the Poles did not deny sacking plenty of Prussian towns, as it was customary back then. If they denied this one, it might not have happened.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

You can't pretend the Teutonics were the devils and the Poles were the angels. Both fought pretty nasty at times and both thought they were in the right.

[@bakters]

@@RealCrusadesHistory " *the Poles were the angels* " I never claimed that. I admitted they sacked towns, not? I claim the Poles were not the devils, while the "brothers" actually were. They genocided the Prussians, FFS! Literally. Every other pagan tribe was successfully converted, but not when the "brothers" were involved. Once they were done with them, there were no people left, so all the settlers came chiefly from Masovia, and the land is called Mazury (also in German) since then. They mostly spoke Polish till the mid-war period. BTW - At the battle of Grunwald the Poles systematically killed all the captured brothers. Almost all the Western volunteers survived, while all the "brothers" "miraculously" ended up smelling the roses from the wrong side... The Poles were no angels. But in comparison to the "brothers", they almost look like them.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

What you're saying just isn't accurate. The Teutonic Order did not genocide the Prussian tribes, in fact they incorporated tens of thousands of them into their state. Many of them served in their military. The idea that the Teutonic Order was some unusually brutal force in the region is false and does not hold up to historical scrutiny. In many ways, their state was quite stable and many individuals did well there. The enemies of the order, such as Poland and Lithuania, both behaved brutally and aggressively as well. It's clear that you take great pleasure in thinking about the Poles massacring the brothers. That's fine, but you've got a bias. It's also true that when Poland and Lithuania invaded the Teutonic State during the Grunwald campaign, the locals mostly fled from them in terror and took the side of the brothers. The idea that the Poles look like angels next to the brothers is complete nonsense. It's impossible to understand the history of this period unless you're willing to put aside bias and study the situation objectively.

[@NathanS__]

You'll hear a lot about Grunwald, especially from Poles but they rarely mention that they lost that war.

[@Noir_comme_la_mort]

Lost how?

[@jamessimms3449]

He's being disingenuous. The Order lost the war. The Poles failed to press their victory, which led to more wars. But the Order was saddled with reparations and went into a period of decline. The Poles emerged as the dominant Baltic force for the next two centuries.

[@ukaszmuszynski9788]

Buhahaha

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[@Storm-1.]

The name prussian is kinda false they had a othere name that was a lttle different from prussian but un englisch they are calld the same but prussians from the modern ages (germans) are different from the prussians back in the days(baltik people)

[@Diversus100]

The real Prussians not fake german prussens

[@hmvollbanane1259]

Nope. My family is eastern Prussian and we did a DNA test some years back with my grandfather who was born there. ~ 50% Baltic, 30% Nordic, 20% Northwestern European (German/French). I really deteste the Polish revisionist narrative that we were all supposed German invaders and that they "retook" the land by killing and displacing its inhabitants. Ffs. The Nazis renamed half of the villages as their names weren't Germanic enough... as towards the name: Preußen was the crusader state, Prussen the name of the Baltic tribes. Seriously who do you believe worked the fields? The knights? They formed the administration and military, however were a small minority in comparison to the overall population required to maintain them. The cities were for a long time pure Germanic as Baltic inhabitants like my family were banned from entering them for centuries, however the entire rest of the country were still the people that had always lived there. Are the French all Germanics? The British all Northmen?

[@melchiorclaromonte4570]

English knows that difference. It's OLD PRUSSIANS. You can also use tribal names instead: Nadrovians, Pomesanians, Bartians, etc.

[@melchiorclaromonte4570]

@@hmvollbanane1259 So you being German are probably more of Latvian than of a German.

[@Storm-1.]

@@hmvollbanane1259 no one cares at all the baltics are anyway not native to the land in ancient Times real prussians germans lived there but were driven back by baltic and slavic Migration the entire narrative from german invaders is just wrong because its our land.

[@bumspanka0927]

It would be so beautiful and wonderful to live in a monastic state under canonical law. NOT!!

[@NathanS__]

That's not how the Monastic State functioned. You would actually have more rights as a peasant under the Teutonic Order than other secular lords