And the Prussian uprising


And the Prussian uprising broke out in the spring of 1242. The cause of unrest was the defeat of the combined forces of the Teutonic Order and the sword cavalry in the battle with the Russian troops on Lake Pejpus. At the news about the Teutonic defeat, Świętopełk II started fighting for the Vistula. He took the duty from the ships of the Order, took German ships on the Vistula, and later stopped all shipping, which cut the castles of the Teutonic Order. The Western tribes of Prussia have renounced Christianity. The Teutonic Knights were expelled from most cities. The Prussians achieved the greatest success in the summer of 1243 in the Battle of the nearby Grudziądz, where they broke the Teutonic army. The Teutonic Knights maintained only strongholds: Elblag and Balga on the coast; Radzyń, Chełmno and Toruń on Chełmno land.

The greatest success of the Teutonic Knights in this uprising was the victory in the Battle of Dzierzgon in 1248, which resulted in the signing of the Dzierzgon Treaty on 7 February 1249.

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