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Siege of Marienburg

Siege of Marienburg was a siege conducted on 26 July 1410 at Malbork Castle, in what is now Poland; it lasted 55 days. It was part of the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War, which ran from 1409 to 1411. The recorded result: Teutonic Order victory. Recorded strength: 15,000 Poles; 11,000–12,000 Lithuanians against 3,000 reserve men; 1,427 Grunwald survivors; 200 seamen from Danzig (Gdańsk).

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Polish artillery during siege of Malbork in 1410.
Polish artillery during siege of Malbork in 1410.. August Heinrich Ferdinand Tegetmeyer (1844-1912), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought26 July 1410lasted 55 days
WhereMalbork Castle, Poland54.040N, 19.028E
OutcomeTeutonic Order victory
BelligerentsKingdom of Poland; Grand Duchy of LithuaniaagainstState of the Teutonic Order
Part ofPolish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War1409 to 1411

Where it sits in the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War

Battle of Grunwald, 1410Siege of Marienburg, 1410Battle of Koronowo, 141014101410Siege of Marienburg, 1410
3 placed engagements of the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date26 July 1410
to 19 September 1410
PlaceMalbork Castle, Poland
54.040N, 19.028E
KindSiege, medieval
Strength15,000 Poles; 11,000–12,000 Lithuanians3,000 reserve men; 1,427 Grunwald survivors; 200 seamen from Danzig (Gdańsk)
Commanders
  • Władysław II Jagiełło
  • Vytautas the Great
  • Heinrich von Plauen
Siege of MarienburgSiege of MarienburgBattle of MarienburgSiege of MarienburgSiege of MarienburgBattle of DirschauBattle of LubieszówBattle of MarienburgBattle of DirschauGdańskKaliningradBydgoszczGdyniaGrudziądzOlsztyn100 km54.040N, 19.028E
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1410 and 1457.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1410

Siege of Marienburg is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q653582, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Marienburg (1410), revision 1370743289, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.