Editing Royal Prussia (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Locator_Royal_Prussia.png|right|thumb|Locator map of Royal Prussia (background current European state borders, not contemporary)]]
[[File:Panorama of Malbork Castle, part 4.jpg|thumb|right|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.]]

The area consisted of the following territories: 
*[[Pomerelia]] 
** [[Danzig Pomerania]] ([[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)]]) with the mouth of the [[Vistula]], including the city of [[Gdańsk]]
*** the [[Lauenburg and Bütow|Lauenburg and Bütow land (Ziemia lęborsko-bytowska)]], at times ruled as enfeoffed to Poland by the [[Duchy of Pomerania]] (Farther) later succeeded by [[Brandenburg-Prussia]]
** [[Chełmno Land]] and [[Michałów Land]] ([[Chełmno Voivodeship]]), including the city of [[Toruń]]
* Western part of the original [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]], renounced and recognized as part of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]] by the Teutonic Order in the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)]]
** the [[Prince-Bishopric of Warmia]] (Ermland) with [[Frombork|Frauenburg]] (Frombork), [[Lidzbark Warmiński|Heilsberg]] (Lidzbark Warmiński, then Lidzbark) and [[Olsztyn|Allenstein]] (Olsztyn)<ref>Stone, Daniel. ''A History of East Central Europe''. University of Washington Press, 2001, {{ISBN|0-295-98093-1}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LFgB_l4SdHAC&pg=PA30 p. 30]</ref>
** the [[Malbork Land|Marienburger Land]] (Malbork Land), territory covering northern parts of [[Pomesania]] and [[Pogesania]] with [[Malbork|Marienburg]] (Malbork), [[Sztum|Stuhm]] (Sztum), [[Dzierzgoń|Christburg]] (Kiszpork, later Dzierzgoń) and [[Tolkmicko|Tolkemit]] (Tolkmicko), including the City of [[Elbląg|Elbing]] (Elbląg)

In contrast, southern remainder of Pomesania and Pogesania, including [[Kwidzyn|Marienwerder]] (Kwidzyn), [[Iława|Deutsch Eylau]] (Iława), [[Prabuty|Riesenburg]] (Prabuty), [[Susz|Rosenberg]] (Susz), [[Biskupiec, Nowe Miasto County|Bischofswerder]] (Biskupiec), [[Zalewo|Saalfeld]] (Zełwałd, later Zalewo), [[Kisielice|Freystadt]] (Kisielice), [[Morąg|Mohrungen]] (Morąg), [[Pasłęk|Preußisch Holland]] (Pasłęk) and [[Miłakowo|Liebstadt]] (Libsztat, later Miłakowo), formed Upper Prussia (German: {{lang|de|Oberland}}, Polish: {{lang|pl|Prusy Górne}}) constituting the westernmost part of the Prussian territory left to the Teutonic Knights, known as Teutonic or Monastic Prussia with [[Königsberg]] as its capital, later [[secularisation|secularized]] in 1525 to become [[Ducal Prussia]] ruled by the [[Protestant]] dukes of the [[House of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern dynasty]]. From 1618 this area was ruled in personal union with the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Electorate of Brandenburg]] as [[Brandenburg-Prussia]]. In 1657 the [[Treaty of Wehlau]] granted full independence to the [[Duchy of Prussia]], allowing its later elevation to [[Kingdom of Prussia|Kingdom in Prussia]].