The Confederation consisted of 53 gentry and clergy and 19 Prussian cities (leading cities being Danzig, Elbing and Thorn), and its formation was the first step in opposing the monastic state of the Teutonic Knights. The Teutonic Order was originally formed to protect pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land; the State came into being in the 13th century during the Northern Crusades. After a troubled period, the Confederation rose in 1454, eventually defeating the Order after a thirteen years war.
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