Kneiphof (Polish Knipawa) is the name of one of the three cities that constituted the city of Königsberg in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. As did many other Prussian cities it rebelled against the Teutonic Order in 1454 and acknowledged the overlordship of the Polish King, but without help from Poland, it surrendered. Eventually it became a part of Ducal Prussia.
The last Prussian city loyal to the Polish king, Knipawa, was taken after a long siege by Teutonic Knights commanded by Heinrich Reuß von Plauen on June 14, 1455.
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