Editing Battle of Legnica (section)

===Polish states and allies===
According to [[James Chambers (historian)|James Chambers]], Henry's force numbered at most 25,000 troops, most likely less, and had a large number of untrained and poorly equipped men, sometimes with no weapons other than the tools of their trade.<ref>Chambers, p. 97</ref> Lesser trained forces included an army from [[Opole]] under Duke [[Mieszko II the Fat]]; [[Moravians (ethnic group)|Moravians]] led by Boleslav, son of the [[Margrave of Moravia]] [[Děpolt III]]; conscripts from [[Greater Poland]]; and volunteer [[Bavaria]]n miners from not long before established town of Goldberg ([[Złotoryja]]). Henry's better trained troops were his own gathered in his [[Duchy of Silesia|Silesian realm]], mercenaries, and very small contingents of French [[Knights Templar]] and other foreign volunteers.{{r|Chambers1979|pp=97-99}}

Historian [[Marek Cetwiński]] estimates the allied force to have been 2,000 strong, while [[Gerard Labuda]] estimates 7,000–8,000 soldiers in the Christian army.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

A contingent of [[Teutonic Knights]] of indeterminate number is traditionally believed to have joined the allied army. However, recent analysis of the 15th-century ''Annals of Jan Długosz'' by Labuda suggests that the German crusaders may have been added to the text after chronicler [[Jan Długosz|Długosz]] had completed the work. A legend that the [[Grand Master of the Teutonic Order]], [[Poppo von Osterna]], was killed during the battle is false, as he died at Legnica years later while visiting his wife's nunnery.<ref>{{cite book |last=Urban |first=William |author-link=William Urban |date=2003 |title=The Teutonic Knights: A Military History |location=London |publisher=Greenhill Books |page={{page needed|date=October 2023}} |isbn=1-85367-535-0}}</ref> The [[Knights Hospitaller|Hospitallers]] have also been said to have participated in this battle, but this too seems to be a fabrication added in later accounts; neither Jan Długosz's accounts nor the letter sent to the King of France from the Templar Master of France, [[Ponce d'Aubon]], mention them.<ref>Burzyński, p. 22</ref> Peter Jackson further points out that the only military order that fought at Legnica was the Templars.<ref>Jackson, p. 205</ref> The Templar contribution was very small, estimated around 68–88 well-trained, well-armed soldiers;<ref name="Burzyński, p. 24">Burzyński, p. 24</ref> their letter to the king of France gives their losses as three brother knights, two sergeants and 500 'men'—according to their use of the term, probably peasants working their estates and thus neither better armed or trained than the rest of the army's infantry.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}