After the baptism in 1252 and coronation of King Mindaugas in 1253, Lithuania was recognized as a Christian state until 1260, when Mindaugas supported an uprising in Courland and (according to the German order) renounced Christianity.
Efter dåben i 1252 og kroningen af kong Mindaugas i 1253 blev Litauen anset som kristent indtil 1260, da Mindaugas støttede en opstand i Kurland og, ifølge Den Tyske Orden, afsværgede kristendommen.