Royal Prussia or Polish Prussia was a province of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, which was established after the Second Peace of Toruń (Thorn) (1466) from territory in Pomerelia and western Prussia which had previously been part of the State of the Teutonic Order. Royal Prussia retained its autonomy, governing itself and maintaining its own laws, customs, rights and German language for German minority.
Representatives of the Prussian Confederation take on oath of allegiance to Poland during the act of incorporation of Prussia in Kraków, 1454, Polish Central Archives of Historical Records
The Malbork Castle in Malbork, Poland. Founded in 1274 by the Teutonic Order on the river Nogat, it served as a Polish Royal castle within the province. It is the world's largest brick castle.
Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
The Peace of Thorn or Toruń of 1466, also known as the Second Peace of Thorn or Toruń, was a peace treaty signed in the Hanseatic city of Thorn (Toruń) on 19 October 1466 between the Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, which ended the Thirteen Years' War, the longest of the Polish–Teutonic Wars.
Second Peace of Toruń, painting by M. Jaroczyński, 1873, District Museum in Toruń.
Peace treaty
The church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń was the site of a celebratory mass after the signing of the peace treaty.
