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A magyarországi Jagellók és a Német Lovagrend Brandenburgi Albert nagymester idején (1511-1525)

Pósán, László (2016) A magyarországi Jagellók és a Német Lovagrend Brandenburgi Albert nagymester idején (1511-1525). Századok. pp. 387-405.

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Abstract

House of Brandenburg was a stallwart supporter of emperor Maximilian. With such a foreign political background, the new Grand Master resolutely aimed at regaining the Western Prussian territories lost in 1466, and reestablishing the political independence of the Order’s state. This, however, meant open war with Poland, in which he could hope for no support from either the Imperial princes or the Jagiellons of Hungary. Moreover, after the Habsburg-Jagiellon treaty of 1515 no military support from the emperor himself was likely to come either. Thus, the Grand Master entered into an alliance with the Principality of Moscow, then in war against Poland-Lithuania (1517). In the same year, the Prince Electors of Brandenburg, Saxony and Mainz likewise engaged themselves to support the Order, and Maximilian’s grandson Charles, aspiring to the Imperial throne, also promised help in case he succeeded. Building on such promises and on the Russian alliance, Grand Master Albert started to muster mercenaries in Germany, whereupon the armed forces of the Polish king invaded Eastern Prussia in December 1519. Thus broke out the last stage of the conflict between the Order and Poland, the so-called „Mounted War” (1520-1521). Instead of providing the promised military and financial support, the Imperial Princes and the Emperor, but also the Pope and the King of Hungary urged for a settlement of the conflict by way of diplomacy. Alongside the imperial envoys, the delegate of king Louis II of Hungary, Ambrus Sárkány of Ákosháza, also played an important role in the peace negotiations. The truce, concluded on 7 april 1521 for four years, wanted to entrust the settlement of disputed issues to an arbitrating committee, in which king Louis II, who had already played an active role in launching and maintaining the peace negotiations during the truce, would have received an eminent part. Official negotiations began early in 1525 at Buda, with six Hungarian prelates also sitting on the mediation board. On the basis of the agreement forged through the mediation of Louis II, the peace was concluded between the Teutonic Order and Poland on 10 April at Krakow. This resulted in the secularisation of the Order, and in the transformation of Eastern Prussia into a secular, Protestant Duchy.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World / történelem > D3 Mediaeval History / középkor története
Depositing User: Dr Attila Pál Bárány
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2017 14:57
Last Modified: 13 Aug 2017 14:57
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/58893

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