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The Lizard Union and the Thirteen Years' War
In 1454, a secretive league of Prussian knights and townsmen — the Lizard Union — rose against the Teutonic Order and threw their lot in with Poland. That gamble triggered the Thirteen Years' War, a brutal conflict that ended with the Second Peace of Thorn and created the Polish province of Royal Prussia. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the union's origins, the dramatic defection of the Prussian Confederation, the role of the mercenary captain Ulrich von Kynitz, the financial gambles of the Polish king Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk, and the war's forgotten turning points —…
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