The Treaty of Kraków was signed on 8 April 1525 between the
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to:
Historical political entities
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031
* Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...
and the Grand Master of the
Teutonic Knights
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...
. It officially ended the
Polish–Teutonic War.
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The Peace of Thorn was reaffirmed on 8 April 1525 by the Treaty of Krakow, which gave the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights hereditary possession of the Order's territory, then known as 'Ducal Prussia', as a fief of the Polish Crown.]
The treaty gave Grand Master
Albert of Hohenzollern enough autonomy to secede from the Order to become Duke of the new
Duchy of Prussia
The Duchy of Prussia (german: Herzogtum Preußen, pl, Księstwo Pruskie, lt, Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (german: Herzogliches Preußen, link=no; pl, Prusy Książęce, link=no) was a duchy in the region of Prussia establishe ...
created by
secularization
In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses t ...
of the
Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights
The State of the Teutonic Order (german: Staat des Deutschen Ordens, ; la, Civitas Ordinis Theutonici; lt, Vokiečių ordino valstybė; pl, Państwo zakonu krzyżackiego), also called () or (), was a medieval Crusader state, located in Cent ...
. This was sealed by the
Prussian Homage of 10 April.
References
External links
Scan of the treaty (IEG Mainz)
History of Kraków
Krakow
Krakow 1525
Germany–Poland relations
1525 in Poland
1525 treaties
Polish–Teutonic War (1519–1521)
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