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The Prussian Confederation or Alliance against Lordship …
Years: 1441 - 1441
The Prussian Confederation or Alliance against Lordship is formed on February 21, 1440 by a group of fifty-three gentry and clergy and nineteen Prussian cities, under the leadership of the Hanseatic cities of Danzig (Gdańsk), Elbing (Elbląg), and Thorn (Toruń).
Led by Johannes von Baysen, a disgruntled Teutonic Knight, its purpose is the resistance against high taxes and policies of the Teutonic Order, which rules the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, based on Prussian lands.
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Years: 1441 - 1441
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- Teutonic Knights of Prussia, or Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
- Hanseatic League
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