IIRC the Dobryzn Order consisted of 12 dudes going on a road trip (and of course their retinues).Quite simple, have the Order of Dobrzyn subjugate the Prussians instead of the Teutons. Sure the Livonians will be right next door, and will probably end up the equivalent of the Prussia you were probably asking about, but Prussia will become integrated into Poland and become, after some gratuitous missionary work, Catholic.
IIRC the Dobryzn Order consisted of 12 dudes going on a road trip (and of course their retinues).
Im assuming you got some kind of plan there?
Livonia could probably be taken care of by the Livonian Order.
edit: Wiki link bumps the number of Dobryzn Lords up to 35. Much better then.
Prussia was Catholic. You just have to stop it from becoming Protestant, or if it does, reconvert it. A stronger Poland or an IMperial victorey in the Thirty years' WAr could do it.
But a Catholic Prussia, in the sense of "Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia with ze pickelhaubes and badass stache" is not possible. The identity of Prussia is completely bound up with Protestantism. A Catholic Prussia would never have emerged.
Wasn't there a Catholic branch of the Hohenzollerns?
Wasn't there a Catholic branch of the Hohenzollerns?
Yes, the senior branch actually.
IIRC, their holdings in Ansbach, Bayreuth and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen etc. split off before Brandenburg-Prussia occurred.