<prompt> The Teutonic Knights vakatanga kutungamira mishandirapamwe yavo vachipesana nechihedheni Lithuania ona ngano dzeLithuania, nekuda kwekukonana kwenguva refu kuripo mudunhu iri kusanganisira kugara vachipinda munharaunda yeHoly Roman Empire nemapoka echihedheni anopamba uye kushomeka kwenzvimbo yakakodzera yekushanda kweva Knights, mushure mekudonha kweHumambo hweJerusarema kuAcre muna 1291 uye kudzingwa kwavo kubva kuHungary. Pakutanga Knights vakatamisa dzimbahwe ravo kuna Venice, kubva kwavakanga vakaronga kudzorerwa Outremer, urongwa uhwu hwakanga, zvisinei, nokukurumidza vakasiya, uye Order gare gare akatamisa dzimbahwe rayo kuna Marienburg, saka aigona nani kuisa zvaaiedza pamusoro nharaunda Prussia. Nemhaka yokuti Lithuania Propria yakaramba isiri yechiKristu kusvikira pakupera kwezana remakore rechi14, gare gare kupfuura dzimwe nyika dzokumabvazuva kweEurope, kurwisana kwacho kwakatora nguva yakareba, uye varwi vakawanda vaibva kunyika dzokuMadokero kweEurope, dzakadai seEngland neFrance, vakaenda kuPrussia kunopinda mumakwikwi emwaka reyse kurwisa Grand Duchy yeLithuania. Muna 1348, Order yakawana rukundo rukuru pamusoro pevaLithuania muHondo yeStrėva  <response>: , ichidzipedza simba zvikuru. MaTeutonic Knights akakunda zvine mutsindo paLithuania muHondo yeRudau muna 1370. 