<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ama-Teutonic Knights aqala ukuqondisa imikhankaso yawo ngokumelene neLithuania yobuqaba bheka inganekwane yaseLithuania, ngenxa yezingxabano ezinde ezikhona esifundeni kufaka phakathi ukuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo endaweni yoMbuso Ongcwele WamaRoma ngamaqembu okuhlasela amaqaba kanye nokuntuleka kwendawo efanele yokusebenza kwama-Knights, ngemuva kokuwa koMbuso waseJerusalema e-Acre ngo-1291 nokuxoshwa kwabo kamuva eHungary. Ekuqaleni ama-Knights athuthela indlunkulu yawo eVenice, lapho ahlela khona ukubuyisa i-Outremer, kodwa-ke, leli cebo lasheshe lashiywa, futhi i-Order kamuva yathuthela indlunkulu yayo eMarienburg, ukuze ikwazi ukugxila kangcono emizamweni yayo esifundeni sasePrussia. Ngenxa yokuthi iLithuania Propria yahlala ingeyona eyamaKristu kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwekhulu le-14, kamuva kakhulu kunezinye izingxenye zaseMpumalanga Yurophu, izingxabano zaqhubeka isikhathi eside, futhi ama-Knights amaningi avela emazweni aseNtshonalanga Yurophu, njengeNgilandi neFrance, aya ePrussian ukuze abambe iqhaza emikhankasweni yesizini reyse ngokumelene neGrand Duchy yaseLithuania. Ngo-1348, i-Order yanqoba amaLithuania empini  <response>: Impi yaseStrėva, yabaqeda amandla kakhulu. Amabutho amaTeutonic anqoba ngokunqoba okukhulu eLithuania eMpini yaseRudau ngo-1370. 