teutonic order

Inspired by the Hospitaller participation in the colonization of the Americas, what if the Teutonic Order had participated too? After Grunwald, the Teutonic Order was in a bad shape, crippling debt, dead knights, rebelious estates, Livonians distancing themselves, ect. But with a PoD of the...

Following their disastrous defeat in the battle of Grunwald at the hands of Poland-Lithuania, the Teutonic Order steadily declined. Not only for having lost many of their knights but also because of crippling reparations that made them raise taxes which, in turn, led to Prussian cities rising up...

well how would it be if The Teutonic Order was disbanded in the 14th century, When the Teutonic takeover Danzig (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_takeover_of_Danzig_(Gda%C5%84sk)) They killed innocent citizens of the city which reverberated in the church, with an investigation Being made...

Let's say the Swedes win a very decisive victory at the Neva in 1240. Alexander Nevsky dies (probably known ITTL simply as "Alexander"), the Novgorodian army is routed with very heavy losses. Now, contemporary sources claim the Swedish aim was the conquest of Novgorod, but that is obviously...

After suffering a disaster at the battlefield of Durbe in 1260 AD, the Teutonic and Livonian Orders had to contend with a serious uprising by the Baltic Prussian tribes against their rule. At certain moments, the crusader knights seemed doomed to failure, but steady reinforcements, internal...

Europe in 1370: https://www.deviantart.com/randaglar/art/Lithuanian-Russia-Europe-1370-411931189 OTL: Lois Anjou dies in 1382 leaving Hungary, Czech and Silesian lands united at the time under his first daughter Queen Mary of Anjou and her fiancée Sigismund Luxembourg. His second daughter Queen...

(Talked about this plenty of times before about the HRE and Bismarck, but I want to hear other people ideas. This also may be ASB, but I wanted to talk in the Before 1900) AHC:Have the Holy Roman Empire be revived after the Congress of Vienna, and then have the Prussian Hohenzollerns replace...

First of all, I suggest this video because it masterfully explains the rise of Prussia and also the history of the teutonic order: The PoD is that the battle of Grunewald ends on a decisive Teutonic victory, the King Sigismund the old is killed in action and the polish-lithuan forces are...

What would happen in eastern europe if the Prussian Confederation was stronger and they actually beat the Teutonic Order. With more power they could probably demand more rights. Would this lead to Prussia becoming an equal member of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth later?

OTL Konrad of Mazovia was mindless brute known for invitation of Teutonic Knights to Chełmno Land, which became nucleus of future Teutonic Order State (as result Konrad is often blamed not only for later wars between Poland and Teutonic Order but also for Partitions and ww2 :) ). ITTL Konrad's...

Which would not last 13 years in such case of course. It is really not easy. Elites of Grand Duchy of Lithuania were more interested in further expansion into Ruthenian territory than in gaining mouth of main river of Lithuania and serious access to the Baltic. It was Poland's success that...

The PoD in this tale is the marriage between “King” Jadwiga and Duke Jogaila. It doesn’t happen, and Poland’s armies cannot be brought to bear again the northern Crusaders. This is my first real scenario that I've developed, so feel more than free to levy any critiques you can think of...

Suppose the Baltic pagans sought and received protection from the Mongols, allying against the Teutons and Livonian crusaders. Could they stay pagan? Which side of Christianity do they ultimately accept without forced conversion by conquest?

I was wondering what people thought the state of holy orders in the vein of the Templars, Hospitallers and Teutons might be like in the case of a butterflied or failed crusades. From reading up, it seems some groups of knights in the service of the church existed pre-crusades in very small...

After the Knights Templar was abolished, many of the knights joined the Order of Christ in Portugal. What if instead, the vast majority of former Templars joined the Teutonic Order? Assume that no ordinances are declared by the Holy Roman Empire against their travel and most of them make it to...

Okay, so here's the deal. In 1357, Algirdas and Kęstutis, the leaders of the "diarchy" of Lithuania, went into negotiations with the Pope and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV on accepting Christianity and ending the hundred years' war between the Western crusaders and the Lithuanians. Of course...

The Great Prussian Uprising was the largest Prussian uprising against the rule of the Teutonic Order that stretched out from 1260 to 1274, led by Herkus Monte and many other Prussian tribe leaders. Because of large-scale reinforcements from Europe and Lithuanian inability to support the...

Something that I cannot fathom and that is almost certainly a contribution to their eventual demise -though of course in a rather roundabout way- is why the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth failed to annex the Teutonic Order after the Battle of Grunwald, or any time thereafter such as the Treaty...