Middle Ages
Teutonic Order
- Period
- AD 1236 – AD 1525
- Duration
- approx. 289 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1402
- Area (max.)
- approx. 192,000 km²
Period and duration
Teutonic Order — according to the map data from AD 1236 to AD 1525, roughly 289 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Teutonic Order — greatest extent around AD 1402: the mapped borders then cover about 192,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1235)
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- Duchy of Masovia
- Duchy of Greater Poland
After
- Duchy of Prussia
Neighbours around AD 1402
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Golden Horde
- Novgorod Republic
- Kalmar Union
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of Poland
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Principality of Smolensk
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1402 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Teutonic Order on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.