Andrew II invited this group to defend his borderland against Cuman forces.
Andrew II invited this group to defend his borderland against Cuman forces. This group expelled theVictual Brothers from the island of Gotland. Following one of this group's defeats, this group was forced tosign the Treaty of Torun, which required that this group give up Samogitia and Dobrzyn land. Prior toHermann von Salza's death, the Order of the Brothers of the Sword became a branch of this group. It oncecontrolled the Hospital of St. Mary in Jerusalem. This group gained power following Frederick II's GoldenBull of Rimini. This group's grand master Ulrich von Junginen was defeated in the 1410 Battle ofTannenberg. For 10 points, name this Germanic order that was also defeated at the Battle of the Ice byAlexander Nevsky.
Andrew II invited this group to defend his borderland against Cuman forces.
Teutonic Knights [or Teutonic Order; or House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teuton s in Jerusalem; or Deutscher Ritter-Orden; or Haus der Ritter des Hospitals Sankt Marien der Deutschen zu Jerusalem; or Domus Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum in Jerusalem]