The Soldier’s Treaty ( German: Vertrag von Soldin ) is a legal document under which the Teutonic Order gained control over almost all of Pomerelia and Gdansk . The agreement was signed on September 13, 1309 in Soldin (now the city of Mysliborz ) by Margrave of Brandenburg Waldemar and the Teutonic Order .
| Soldinsky treaty | |
|---|---|
| him. Vertrag von Soldin | |
 Gdansk Pomerania (Pomerelia) as part of the Teutonic Order . | |
| Type of contract | section of the Gdansk Pomerania |
| date of signing | September 13, 1309 |
| • a place | Soldin |
| Entry into force | |
| • conditions | Branderburg declined to claim East Pomerania in exchange for 10,000 marks of silver. |
| Signed |  Waldemar Brandenburg Heinrich Plock |
| Parties | Brandenburg brand Warband |
Background
The Teutonic Order has long sought to annex Gdansk Pomerania to its possessions with its center in Gdansk , which was a powerful trading competitor to the Teutonic Elblлонg . At the end of the summer of 1308, Gdansk came under the rule of Margrave Brandenburg Otton IV : the townspeople , dissatisfied with the policies of the Krakow prince Vladislav Lokotka , almost voluntarily surrendered the city to the Brandenburg Margrave (in particular, thanks to the influential Pomeranian family Sventsev , who was in opposition to the new Polish ruler). The royal governor of Bogusz, with the consent of Vladislav, began negotiations with the Landmaster of the Teutonic Order Heinrich Plock for help against the Branderburgers in exchange for transferring part of the Gdansk fortress to the Order for temporary use.
In mid-October 1308, a squad of Teutonic knights under the command of Helmin commander Gunther von Schwarzburg (100 knights and 200 infantrymen ) arrived in Gdansk, where, with the support of the Poles, Brandenburgers were expelled from the city and East Pomerania (except for the Slavno and Slavsk locks held by Brandenburg). After the enemy retreated, the presence of the Teutonic knights in the city became redundant, and Vladislav also refused to pay the compensation they requested for military assistance. As a result, the Teutons occupied the fortress, expelling the Polish garrison and massacre in the city. After that, the cross began the occupation of the rest of Eastern Pomerania, starting with the capture of the castles of Svece and Tczew .
Some researchers believe that the rights to the Gdansk Pomerania were obtained by the Brandenburg brand from the Krakow Prince Vladislav III , but in any case Brandenburg’s claims to Gdansk and its environs were very doubtful [1]
Summary
On September 13, 1309, an agreement was concluded in the city of Soldin , according to which the Margrave of Brandenburg Waldemar the Great refused claims for the Gdansk Pomerania in favor of the state of the Teutonic Order for 10,000 marks of silver. After that, the Teutonic Order became the main enemy of the Kingdom of Poland.
Although the king of Germany, Henry VII, recognized the treaty as legal in 1311, it was repeatedly questioned by the Poles, which led to one of the Polish-Teutonic wars . Only according to the results of the Kalisz peace concluded in July 1343, did the Polish king Casimir III officially recognize the right of the Order to Gdansk Pomerania (Pomerelia) [2] .
The agreement gave the Teutonic Order control over the source of the Vistula and direct access to the Baltic Sea via Gdansk, renamed Danzig [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Norman D. The Origins to 1795 // God's Playground A History of Poland. - OUP Oxford, 2005. - Vol. I. - P. 74-75. - 488 p. - ISBN 0199253390 . - ISBN 9780199253395 .
- ↑ Hirsch T. , Töppen M., Strehlke E. Die Chronik Wigands von Marburg // Scriptores rerum Prussicarum: die Geschichtsquellen der Preussischen Vorzeit bis zum Untergange der Ordensherrschaft. - Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1863. - Vol. II. - P. 500.
- ↑ McKitterick R., Abulafia D. The New Cambridge Medieval History. - Cambridge University Press, 1995. - Vol. V. - P. 752. - 1045 p. - ISBN 052136289X . - ISBN 9780521362894 .