The Golden Bull of Rimini was a Golden Bull issued by Emperor Frederick II, at his court in Rimini in March 1226 to confirm the Teutonic Knights' possessions in Prussia. It was the first of three similar documents, followed by the Treaty of Kruszwica (Kruschwitz) in 1230, and the papal Golden Bull of Rieti in 1234.
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