Ordensstaat

The monastic state of the Teutonic Knights , sometimes known in English by the German term Ordensstaat (IPA: ), or "Order-State", was formed during the Teutonic Knights' conquest of Old Prussia and the pagan Baltic Old Prussians in the 13th century. Formed by the military order in 1224 during the Northern Crusades, the monastic state was secularized in 1525 during the Protestant Reformation and replaced with the Duchy of Prussia in eastern Prussia.
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