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Polish–Teutonic War (1519–21)
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Polish–Teutonic War (1519–21)
Polish–Teutonic War of 1519–1521
(,
horsemen's war
, ,
Prussian War
) was the war between the
Kingdom of Poland
and the
Teutonic Knights
, fought from 1519 to 1521. The war ended with the
armistice
in 1521. Four years later, with the
Treaty of Kraków
, part of the Catholic
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights
became
secular
ized as the
Duchy of Prussia
. The reigning
Grand Master
Albert of Hohenzollern-Brandenburg-Ansbach
became the first
Duke of Prussia
by paying the
Prussian Homage
as
vassal
to his uncle,
Polish king
Sigismund I the Old
.
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