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The 40 pages that link to Teutonic Order, each with the reason it gives.

• Polish–Lithuanian CommonwealthRelated: Conflict with the Order encouraged cooperation between Poland and Lithuania.

• Grand Duchy of LithuaniaCompared with: The order's crusading state was a persistent western rival to the duchy.

• Hanseatic LeagueRelated: Its Baltic lands and ports formed part of the political environment in which Hanseatic trade expanded.

• Battle of GrunwaldRelated: The battle’s losses weakened the Order’s military and political position.

• Knights HospitallerCompared with: Its expansion into the Baltic offers a contrast to Hospitaller rule on Mediterranean islands.

• Union of KrewoRelated: Its campaigns against pagan Lithuania helped make conversion and alliance urgent.

• Christianization of LithuaniaRelated: Its campaigns against Lithuania shaped the security calculations behind the conversion.

• Northern CrusadesRelated: Its conquests and rule formed the largest and most durable political outcome of the crusades.

• Polish–Lithuanian UnionRelated: Pressure from the Order helped make Polish–Lithuanian cooperation strategically valuable.

• Livonian ConfederationNarrower topic: The Livonian Order’s origins and institutional ties lay within this wider organization.

• Livonian CrusadeRelated: It absorbed the Brothers of the Sword and continued crusading in Livonia.

• East PrussiaNarrower topic: Its conquest of Prussia established the political foundations of the region.

• JogailaRelated: Its conflict with Jogaila’s realms culminated in the defeat at Grunwald.

• Livonian OrderNarrower topic: The Livonian Order became a branch of this larger order in 1237.

• Vytautas the GreatRelated: The Order was both a recurring rival and, at times, a tactical partner in Vytautas’s diplomacy.

• Jadwiga of PolandCompared with: Lithuania’s conversion altered the religious justification for the Order’s campaigns against it.

• KönigsbergRelated: The order conquered the Sambian peninsula and founded Königsberg in the thirteenth century.

• Lithuanian CrusadeRelated: Its Prussian branch organized many campaigns against Lithuania.

• Livonian Brothers of the SwordCompared with: It absorbed the Swordbrothers in 1237 and continued their Baltic campaigns.

• Duchy of PrussiaNarrower topic: Its Prussian branch ruled the lands secularized to form the duchy.

• LivoniaRelated: It absorbed the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and became a major power in Livonia.

• MindaugasRelated: It became a powerful neighboring force as Mindaugas negotiated with Christian rulers.

• GdańskRelated: The order captured Gdańsk in 1308 and made it part of its Prussian state.

• Jan DługoszRelated: Its conflict with Poland and Lithuania forms a major thread in Długosz’s histories.

• Prussian CrusadeRelated: The Order organized the campaigns and became the principal ruler of conquered Prussian lands.

• Władysław II JagiełłoCompared with: Its conflict with Jagiełło’s alliance defined his most consequential war.

• Military ordersBroader topic: Its expansion into northern Europe contrasts with the eastern Mediterranean focus of early orders.

• Sigismund I the OldCompared with: Its transformation into Ducal Prussia marked a shift from religious rule to a Polish fief.

• Baltic German nobilityRelated: Its Livonian branch helped establish German political authority and settlement.

• Battle of SauleRelated: The Sword Brothers were incorporated into this order after their defeat at Saule.

• OstsiedlungRelated: Its later conquests and colonization in Prussia extended settlement dynamics beyond the main medieval period.

• GediminasRelated: The order was a principal military opponent and diplomatic interlocutor during Gediminas’s reign.

• Battle of DurbeRelated: Its forces suffered the defeat that made Durbe a turning point in its Baltic campaigns.

• Hermann von SalzaRelated: Hermann led these knights as the order shifted its main military focus to the Baltic.

• Old PrussiansRelated: Its campaigns and rule brought the Old Prussian lands under German Christian authority.

• KlaipėdaRelated: The order founded Memel as a fortified settlement in the thirteenth century.

• Sovereign Military Order of MaltaCompared with: It shares medieval military-hospitaller origins but has a distinct history and present organization.

• Władysław I ŁokietekRelated: Its expansion and conflict with Poland tested the limits of Władysław’s reunited kingdom.

• Albert Frederick, Duke of PrussiaNarrower topic: Its secularization in Prussia created the state Albert Frederick inherited.

• Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic WarRelated: Its expansion into Baltic lands placed it in conflict with Poland and Lithuania.