Teutonic Order in Transylvania

This article is about the specific polity Teutonic Order in Transylvania and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Teutonic Order was created in the Kingdom of Jerusalem but after the defeat of the Christian forces in the Middle East, it moved to Transylvania to help the Kingdom of Hungary against the Cumans. Here the Order created a factually independent domain until they were expelled by King Andre II of Hungary in 1225.

Establishment

January 1212: After Christian forces were defeated in the Middle East, the Teutonic Order moved to Transylvania in 1211 to help defend the South-Eastern borders of the Kingdom of Hungary against the Cumans.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

January 1226: The Teutonic Knights were expelled from Tarnsylvania by force of arms by King Andrew II of Hungary in 1225, after attempting to place themselves under papal instead of the original Hungarian sovereignty and thus to become independent.