Battle of Grunwald

Teutonic Order - military religious order was formed at the end of the 12th century in Acre to provide care for pilgrims of crusades. With Christianity forces defeated in the Middle East, the Order moved to Eastern Europe. After Polish Duke Konrad I of Masovia asked the Teutonic knights for help in the Prussian Crusade, in the next years the order dishonestly extended its power on the Polish territory and the nearby countries. History of Poland 13th 14th 15th century
Battle at Plowce in 1331 interrupted the Teutonic campaign on Polish territories, but in the next year new Polish regions were seized, among them Dobrzyn Land. Nothing would help recover the stolen regions: Teutonic knights captured Nowa Marchia - a Polish territory for centuries - and attacked and ransacked old Polish Santok, among others.
Just like Poland, the adjacent Lithuania was now threatened by the order. Through arrangements, the knights received Samogitia from Lithuania and the right to Christianize the country. For decades, full of haughtiness and confidence, the knights converted pagan nations with sword while at the same time covering the order’s crime and insolence with heavenly rule.
At that time, there was no rightful heir to the Polish throne but soon, the Great Duke of Lithuania Wladyslaw Jagiello, became Polish king. That was in accord with the Krewa Union.

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