diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 18a008d..2a92946 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Tests run under Vitest + jsdom (`test/**/*.test.ts`), with a single setup file (
 
 - Some Leaflet DOM state (the `<img>`/`<video>` element behind an overlay, a marker's `dragging` handler) is only created in `onAdd()`, i.e. once the layer is actually added to a real map -- tests touching that state append through a `<leaflet-map>` rather than standalone.
 - `test/core/with-props.test.ts` covers the `WithProps` mixin itself against a fake Leaflet-like class (no real Leaflet needed for most of it) -- the one exception is child registration (popup/tooltip/layer binding), which needs real `Popup`/`Tooltip`/`Layer` instances because `#onChildRegister` discriminates by `instanceof`, not duck typing.
+- `test/load-order.test.ts` is structurally different from every other test file on purpose: it never statically imports a component module, so nothing is `customElements.define`d until it dynamically `import()`s `src/index.ts` partway through -- after building the DOM tree with plain, undefined elements first. This is the only test that reproduces a real page's actual load order (markup parsed, _then_ the deferred module script defines everything) rather than the "components already defined before any element is created" order every other test uses. That distinction is exactly what caught the `src/index.ts` export-order bug described below -- if you add a component with a similar "parent listens for a child's announcement" relationship, extend this test rather than trusting the others to catch an ordering regression, since they structurally can't.
 
 `test/**` is excluded from the main `tsconfig.json` (so test code never ends up in `dist/`) and typechecked separately via `tsconfig.test.json`.
 
@@ -55,12 +56,12 @@ All non-map components extend `WithProps(PROPS, options?)`. To add a new compone
 2. Declare `class LeafletFoo extends WithProps(PROPS)` implementing `createLeafletObject(options): L.Layer`, and `declare readonly leafletObject?: TheLeafletClass;` (the mixin's own inference of the object type from the PROPS table alone isn't reliable enough to skip this).
 3. Provide a `set` function on individual `PropDef`s only where the default setter-based dispatch won't work (common for coordinate pairs — see `latLngProps` in shared-props.ts).
 4. Call `customElements.define('leaflet-foo', LeafletFoo)` at the bottom.
-5. Export from `src/index.ts`, and add the tag to the `HTMLElementTagNameMap` augmentation at the bottom of that file (needs its own `import type` — a re-export doesn't bind the name locally).
+5. Export from `src/index.ts`, and add the tag to the `HTMLElementTagNameMap` augmentation at the bottom of that file (needs its own `import type` — a re-export doesn't bind the name locally). **Export order in `src/index.ts` is load-bearing**, not cosmetic: if the new component listens for a bubbling announcement from some other tag (a `leaflet-register`-style child, or something like `leaflet-line-sync`), it must be exported _before_ that other tag. `customElements.define()` upgrades every matching element already in the document immediately, so on a real static-HTML page, whichever tag gets defined first wins the race — a child tag defined before its listening parent will fire its one-shot connect-time announcement into a parent that doesn't exist yet, and that announcement is gone for good. See the comment at the top of `index.ts` for the full ordering and worked example.
 6. If the component fires meaningful Leaflet events (beyond nothing), compose or reuse an event map in `src/core/event-types.ts` and add `declare addEventListener: LeafletAddEventListener<TheEvents>;` / `declare removeEventListener: LeafletRemoveEventListener<TheEvents>;` (see "Typing a component's events" below).
 
 ### Special cases
 
-- **`leaflet-polygon`** uses `<leaflet-line>` children for vertices. The polygon collects lat/lng from child `leaflet-line` elements rather than having them as direct attributes.
+- **`leaflet-polygon`** / **`leaflet-polyline`** take their vertices from `<leaflet-line>` children rather than an attribute. This is purely event-driven, not a lookup: `<leaflet-line>` fires `leaflet-line-sync` (on connect and on every lat/lng change) and `leaflet-line-remove` (on disconnect) on itself, each carrying its own position (`src/core/register.ts`); the polygon/polyline never reads a child's property or queries the DOM for them. `src/core/vertex-tracker.ts`'s `VertexTracker` (shared by both) turns that event stream into an ordered coordinate list, inserting a newly-registered vertex at its actual document position via `compareDocumentPosition` rather than assuming registration order matches DOM order. One non-obvious wrinkle `<leaflet-line>` has to work around: `disconnectedCallback` fires _after_ a node is already detached from its parent, so a bubbling dispatch from the node itself has nowhere to go on removal — it caches `parentNode` in `connectedCallback` and dispatches `leaflet-line-remove` from that cached reference instead.
 - **`leaflet-popup`** / **`leaflet-tooltip`**: content comes from `innerHTML`, not attributes. `leaflet-popup` watches for DOM mutations to keep Leaflet in sync.
 - **`leaflet-layer-group`** / **`leaflet-feature-group`**: passthrough containers built with `WithProps({})` (an empty props table) — they have no options of their own, but still get the standard lifecycle, child registration, and `leaflet:` event forwarding for free. Children register themselves into them via the standard bubble mechanism.
 
diff --git a/src/components/leaflet-control-layers.ts b/src/components/leaflet-control-layers.ts
index 17c7d35..25e30d1 100644
--- a/src/components/leaflet-control-layers.ts
+++ b/src/components/leaflet-control-layers.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-import { Control, type ControlPosition, type Layer } from 'leaflet';
+import { Control, type ControlPosition } from 'leaflet';
 import { bool, choice } from '../core/props.ts';
 import { WithProps } from '../core/with-props.ts';
 import type { LeafletRegisterEvent } from '../core/register.ts';
 
-interface ChildLayer {
-  layer: Layer;
-  name: string;
-  base: boolean;
-  active: boolean;
-}
-
 export class LeafletControlLayers extends WithProps(
   {
     position: choice<ControlPosition>('topright'),
@@ -22,26 +15,12 @@ export class LeafletControlLayers extends WithProps(
 ) {
   declare readonly leafletObject?: Control.Layers;
 
-  // Children are read straight off the DOM rather than through registration:
-  // any that already exist are listed as base layers or overlays by their
-  // `name`, and `type="base"` / `active` decide how.
   createLeafletObject(options: Control.LayersOptions): Control.Layers {
-    const baseLayers: Record<string, Layer> = {};
-    const overlays: Record<string, Layer> = {};
-    for (const child of this.#childLayers()) {
-      (child.base ? baseLayers : overlays)[child.name] = child.layer;
-    }
-    return new Control.Layers(baseLayers, overlays, options);
+    return new Control.Layers({}, {}, options);
   }
 
   connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
-    for (const child of this.#childLayers()) {
-      if (child.active) continue;
-      this.dispatchEvent(
-        new CustomEvent('leaflet-remove-layer', { bubbles: true, detail: { layer: child.layer } }),
-      );
-    }
     this.addEventListener('leaflet-register', this.#onChildRegister);
   }
 
@@ -50,23 +29,11 @@ export class LeafletControlLayers extends WithProps(
     super.disconnectedCallback();
   }
 
-  #childLayers(): ChildLayer[] {
-    const children: ChildLayer[] = [];
-    for (const child of this.querySelectorAll(':scope > *')) {
-      const layer = (child as { leafletObject?: Layer }).leafletObject;
-      const name = child.getAttribute('name');
-      if (!name || !layer) continue;
-      children.push({
-        layer,
-        name,
-        base: child.getAttribute('type') === 'base',
-        active: child.hasAttribute('active'),
-      });
-    }
-    return children;
-  }
-
-  // Children that connect after us announce themselves instead.
+  // Every child -- present at construction or added later -- announces
+  // itself this way: a parent's connectedCallback always finishes before a
+  // child's does (even for an already-built subtree attached in one go), so
+  // there is no "read the children that are already here" case to handle
+  // separately.
   #onChildRegister = (e: LeafletRegisterEvent) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
     const el = e.detail.element;
diff --git a/src/components/leaflet-line.ts b/src/components/leaflet-line.ts
index 6da62e1..1b417e8 100644
--- a/src/components/leaflet-line.ts
+++ b/src/components/leaflet-line.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,30 @@
+import { emitLineRemove, emitLineSync } from '../core/register.ts';
+
 export class LeafletLine extends HTMLElement {
   static get observedAttributes() {
     return ['lat', 'lng'];
   }
 
+  // Cached because disconnectedCallback fires after this is already detached
+  // from it -- see emitLineRemove.
+  #parent: ParentNode | null = null;
+
   get latlng(): [number, number] {
     return [+(this.getAttribute('lat') ?? 0), +(this.getAttribute('lng') ?? 0)];
   }
 
-  attributeChangedCallback() {
-    this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('line-updated', { bubbles: true }));
+  connectedCallback(): void {
+    this.#parent = this.parentNode;
+    emitLineSync(this, this.latlng);
+  }
+
+  attributeChangedCallback(): void {
+    emitLineSync(this, this.latlng);
+  }
+
+  disconnectedCallback(): void {
+    emitLineRemove(this.#parent ?? this, this);
+    this.#parent = null;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/leaflet-polygon.ts b/src/components/leaflet-polygon.ts
index 5c3bae4..463a928 100644
--- a/src/components/leaflet-polygon.ts
+++ b/src/components/leaflet-polygon.ts
@@ -5,44 +5,45 @@ import {
   type LeafletAddEventListener,
   type LeafletRemoveEventListener,
 } from '../core/with-props.ts';
-import type { LeafletLine } from './leaflet-line.ts';
 import type { PathEvents } from '../core/event-types.ts';
+import type { LeafletLineRemoveEvent, LeafletLineSyncEvent } from '../core/register.ts';
+import { VertexTracker } from '../core/vertex-tracker.ts';
 
 export class LeafletPolygon extends WithProps({ ...pathProps }) {
   declare readonly leafletObject?: Polygon;
   declare addEventListener: LeafletAddEventListener<PathEvents>;
   declare removeEventListener: LeafletRemoveEventListener<PathEvents>;
 
-  #observer?: MutationObserver;
+  #vertices = new VertexTracker();
 
   createLeafletObject(options: PolylineOptions): Polygon {
-    return new Polygon(this.#coords(), options);
+    return new Polygon(this.#vertices.coords(), options);
   }
 
-  // Vertices come from <leaflet-line> children rather than an attribute, so we
-  // re-read them whenever one is added, removed or moved.
+  // Vertices come from <leaflet-line> children rather than an attribute --
+  // each one announces its own position via leaflet-line-sync/-remove, we
+  // never read a child's state directly.
   connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
-    this.addEventListener('line-updated', this.#syncCoords);
-    this.#observer = new MutationObserver(this.#syncCoords);
-    this.#observer.observe(this, { childList: true });
+    this.addEventListener('leaflet-line-sync', this.#onLineSync);
+    this.addEventListener('leaflet-line-remove', this.#onLineRemove);
   }
 
   disconnectedCallback(): void {
-    this.#observer?.disconnect();
-    this.#observer = undefined;
-    this.removeEventListener('line-updated', this.#syncCoords);
+    this.removeEventListener('leaflet-line-sync', this.#onLineSync);
+    this.removeEventListener('leaflet-line-remove', this.#onLineRemove);
     super.disconnectedCallback();
   }
 
-  #syncCoords = () => {
-    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#coords());
+  #onLineSync = (e: LeafletLineSyncEvent) => {
+    this.#vertices.sync(e.detail.element, e.detail.latlng);
+    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#vertices.coords());
   };
 
-  #coords(): [number, number][] {
-    const lines = Array.from(this.querySelectorAll<LeafletLine>('leaflet-line'));
-    return lines.map((line) => line.latlng);
-  }
+  #onLineRemove = (e: LeafletLineRemoveEvent) => {
+    this.#vertices.remove(e.detail.element);
+    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#vertices.coords());
+  };
 }
 
 customElements.define('leaflet-polygon', LeafletPolygon);
diff --git a/src/components/leaflet-polyline.ts b/src/components/leaflet-polyline.ts
index 4ff905f..205cf35 100644
--- a/src/components/leaflet-polyline.ts
+++ b/src/components/leaflet-polyline.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import {
   type LeafletAddEventListener,
   type LeafletRemoveEventListener,
 } from '../core/with-props.ts';
-import type { LeafletLine } from './leaflet-line.ts';
 import type { PathEvents } from '../core/event-types.ts';
+import type { LeafletLineRemoveEvent, LeafletLineSyncEvent } from '../core/register.ts';
+import { VertexTracker } from '../core/vertex-tracker.ts';
 
 export class LeafletPolyline extends WithProps({
   ...pathProps,
@@ -20,36 +21,36 @@ export class LeafletPolyline extends WithProps({
   declare addEventListener: LeafletAddEventListener<PathEvents>;
   declare removeEventListener: LeafletRemoveEventListener<PathEvents>;
 
-  #observer?: MutationObserver;
+  #vertices = new VertexTracker();
 
   createLeafletObject(options: PolylineOptions): Polyline {
-    return new Polyline(this.#coords(), options);
+    return new Polyline(this.#vertices.coords(), options);
   }
 
-  // Vertices come from <leaflet-line> children rather than an attribute, so we
-  // re-read them whenever one is added, removed or moved.
+  // Vertices come from <leaflet-line> children rather than an attribute --
+  // each one announces its own position via leaflet-line-sync/-remove, we
+  // never read a child's state directly.
   connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
-    this.addEventListener('line-updated', this.#syncCoords);
-    this.#observer = new MutationObserver(this.#syncCoords);
-    this.#observer.observe(this, { childList: true });
+    this.addEventListener('leaflet-line-sync', this.#onLineSync);
+    this.addEventListener('leaflet-line-remove', this.#onLineRemove);
   }
 
   disconnectedCallback(): void {
-    this.#observer?.disconnect();
-    this.#observer = undefined;
-    this.removeEventListener('line-updated', this.#syncCoords);
+    this.removeEventListener('leaflet-line-sync', this.#onLineSync);
+    this.removeEventListener('leaflet-line-remove', this.#onLineRemove);
     super.disconnectedCallback();
   }
 
-  #syncCoords = () => {
-    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#coords());
+  #onLineSync = (e: LeafletLineSyncEvent) => {
+    this.#vertices.sync(e.detail.element, e.detail.latlng);
+    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#vertices.coords());
   };
 
-  #coords(): [number, number][] {
-    const lines = Array.from(this.querySelectorAll<LeafletLine>('leaflet-line'));
-    return lines.map((line) => line.latlng);
-  }
+  #onLineRemove = (e: LeafletLineRemoveEvent) => {
+    this.#vertices.remove(e.detail.element);
+    this.leafletObject?.setLatLngs(this.#vertices.coords());
+  };
 }
 
 customElements.define('leaflet-polyline', LeafletPolyline);
diff --git a/src/core/register.ts b/src/core/register.ts
index af45c66..7b56ce6 100644
--- a/src/core/register.ts
+++ b/src/core/register.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ export type LeafletLayerEvent = CustomEvent<{ layer: Layer }>;
 
 export type LeafletIconChangedEvent = CustomEvent<{ icon: Icon | null }>;
 
-// Fired by <leaflet-line> on itself when its lat/lng changes; polygon/polyline
-// listen for it (bubbling) to know when to re-read their vertices.
-export type LeafletLineUpdatedEvent = CustomEvent<null>;
+// Fired by <leaflet-line> on itself -- on connect and on every lat/lng
+// change -- carrying its own current position. polygon/polyline listen for
+// this (bubbling) to track vertices without ever reading a child's state
+// directly.
+export type LeafletLineSyncEvent = CustomEvent<{ element: HTMLElement; latlng: [number, number] }>;
+
+// Fired by <leaflet-line> on disconnect, so a listening parent can drop it.
+export type LeafletLineRemoveEvent = CustomEvent<{ element: HTMLElement }>;
 
 declare global {
   interface HTMLElementEventMap {
@@ -22,7 +27,8 @@ declare global {
     'leaflet-add-layer': LeafletLayerEvent;
     'leaflet-remove-layer': LeafletLayerEvent;
     'icon-changed': LeafletIconChangedEvent;
-    'line-updated': LeafletLineUpdatedEvent;
+    'leaflet-line-sync': LeafletLineSyncEvent;
+    'leaflet-line-remove': LeafletLineRemoveEvent;
   }
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +41,22 @@ export function emitIconChanged(el: HTMLElement, icon: Icon | DivIcon | null | u
   );
 }
 
+export function emitLineSync(el: HTMLElement, latlng: [number, number]): void {
+  el.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent('leaflet-line-sync', { bubbles: true, detail: { element: el, latlng } }),
+  );
+}
+
+// Dispatched on `from`, not `el`: by the time disconnectedCallback runs, `el`
+// has already been detached from its parent, so a bubbling dispatch from
+// `el` itself would have nowhere to bubble to. Callers pass the parent they
+// cached while still connected.
+export function emitLineRemove(from: EventTarget, el: HTMLElement): void {
+  from.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent('leaflet-line-remove', { bubbles: true, detail: { element: el } }),
+  );
+}
+
 // Dispatches a custom `leaflet-register` event upward through the DOM
 // tree, carrying a Leaflet object and its host element. Parent components
 // (map, circles, groups, etc.) intercept this event and add the layer,
diff --git a/src/core/vertex-tracker.ts b/src/core/vertex-tracker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b8608e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/vertex-tracker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Tracks an ordered set of vertices contributed by <leaflet-line> children,
+// built entirely from the leaflet-line-sync/leaflet-line-remove events they
+// fire (see register.ts) -- never by querying the DOM or reading a child's
+// property directly. Shared by leaflet-polygon and leaflet-polyline.
+//
+// Order matters (it's the vertex sequence), so membership changes are
+// inserted at their actual document position via compareDocumentPosition --
+// that's a structural question about the tree, not a read of child state,
+// and there's no other sane source of truth for "which vertex comes first."
+export type LatLngTuple = [number, number];
+
+export class VertexTracker {
+  #vertices = new Map<HTMLElement, LatLngTuple>();
+  #order: HTMLElement[] = [];
+
+  sync(element: HTMLElement, latlng: LatLngTuple): void {
+    if (!this.#vertices.has(element)) this.#insertOrdered(element);
+    this.#vertices.set(element, latlng);
+  }
+
+  remove(element: HTMLElement): void {
+    this.#vertices.delete(element);
+    this.#order = this.#order.filter((el) => el !== element);
+  }
+
+  coords(): LatLngTuple[] {
+    return this.#order.map((el) => this.#vertices.get(el)!);
+  }
+
+  #insertOrdered(el: HTMLElement): void {
+    const idx = this.#order.findIndex(
+      (existing) => (existing.compareDocumentPosition(el) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING) !== 0,
+    );
+    if (idx === -1) this.#order.push(el);
+    else this.#order.splice(idx, 0, el);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 38ccfab..55f6748 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,43 @@
+// Export order here is load-bearing, not cosmetic: customElements.define()
+// upgrades every matching element already in the document immediately and
+// synchronously (including running connectedCallback if already connected),
+// so a "child" custom element that fires a one-shot announcement on connect
+// must be defined *after* every "container" type that needs to hear it --
+// otherwise every instance already in a static HTML page upgrades and
+// announces itself before the listening parent exists, and that
+// announcement is lost for good (connectedCallback never fires again for an
+// element that stays connected). This is the same reason leaflet-map is
+// exported first: nothing can register with it before it exists to listen.
+//
+// The hierarchy, root to leaf:
+//   LeafletMap
+//     -> LeafletControlLayers, LeafletLayerGroup, LeafletFeatureGroup
+//          (all listen for "leaflet-register" from arbitrary layer children)
+//     -> every concrete layer type (Marker, Circle, Polygon, TileLayer, ...)
+//          -> LeafletLine (child of Polygon/Polyline specifically)
+//          -> LeafletPopup, LeafletTooltip (child of any layer)
+//          -> LeafletIcon, LeafletDivIcon (child of Marker specifically)
+// Standalone controls (Zoom/Attribution/Scale) have no such relationship and
+// can go anywhere.
 export * from './core/register.ts';
 export * from './core/props.ts';
 export { LeafletMap } from './components/leaflet-map.ts';
+export { LeafletControlLayers } from './components/leaflet-control-layers.ts';
+export { LeafletLayerGroup } from './components/leaflet-layer-group.ts';
+export { LeafletFeatureGroup } from './components/leaflet-feature-group.ts';
+export { LeafletPolygon } from './components/leaflet-polygon.ts';
+export { LeafletPolyline } from './components/leaflet-polyline.ts';
 export { LeafletMarker } from './components/leaflet-marker.ts';
 export { LeafletCircle } from './components/leaflet-circle.ts';
 export { LeafletCircleMarker } from './components/leaflet-circle-marker.ts';
-export { LeafletLine } from './components/leaflet-line.ts';
-export { LeafletPolygon } from './components/leaflet-polygon.ts';
-export { LeafletPolyline } from './components/leaflet-polyline.ts';
 export { LeafletRectangle } from './components/leaflet-rectangle.ts';
 export { LeafletTileLayer } from './components/leaflet-tile-layer.ts';
 export { LeafletTileLayerWMS } from './components/leaflet-tile-layer-wms.ts';
 export { LeafletImageOverlay } from './components/leaflet-image-overlay.ts';
 export { LeafletVideoOverlay } from './components/leaflet-video-overlay.ts';
 export { LeafletSVGOverlay } from './components/leaflet-svg-overlay.ts';
-export { LeafletLayerGroup } from './components/leaflet-layer-group.ts';
-export { LeafletFeatureGroup } from './components/leaflet-feature-group.ts';
 export { LeafletGeoJSON } from './components/leaflet-geojson.ts';
-export { LeafletControlLayers } from './components/leaflet-control-layers.ts';
+export { LeafletLine } from './components/leaflet-line.ts';
 export { LeafletControlZoom } from './components/leaflet-control-zoom.ts';
 export { LeafletControlAttribution } from './components/leaflet-control-attribution.ts';
 export { LeafletControlScale } from './components/leaflet-control-scale.ts';
@@ -26,7 +47,8 @@ export { LeafletIcon } from './components/leaflet-icon.ts';
 export { LeafletDivIcon } from './components/leaflet-div-icon.ts';
 
 // `export { X } from '...'` re-exports X but doesn't bind it locally, so the
-// tag map below needs its own type-only imports of the same classes.
+// tag map below needs its own type-only imports of the same classes. Order
+// doesn't matter here -- these are erased, no customElements.define behind them.
 import type { LeafletMap } from './components/leaflet-map.ts';
 import type { LeafletMarker } from './components/leaflet-marker.ts';
 import type { LeafletCircle } from './components/leaflet-circle.ts';
diff --git a/test/components/shapes.test.ts b/test/components/shapes.test.ts
index 080a90e..0a53b29 100644
--- a/test/components/shapes.test.ts
+++ b/test/components/shapes.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,33 @@ describe('leaflet-polygon', () => {
     ]);
     el.remove();
   });
+
+  it('tracks vertices added or removed after connecting, in DOM order', () => {
+    const el = document.createElement('leaflet-polygon');
+    const line1 = document.createElement('leaflet-line');
+    line1.setAttribute('lat', '1');
+    line1.setAttribute('lng', '2');
+    el.append(line1);
+    document.body.append(el);
+
+    expect(el.leafletObject?.getLatLngs()).toEqual([[{ lat: 1, lng: 2 }]]);
+
+    // Inserted before line1 -- should come first despite registering second.
+    const line0 = document.createElement('leaflet-line');
+    line0.setAttribute('lat', '5');
+    line0.setAttribute('lng', '6');
+    el.insertBefore(line0, line1);
+    expect(el.leafletObject?.getLatLngs()).toEqual([
+      [
+        { lat: 5, lng: 6 },
+        { lat: 1, lng: 2 },
+      ],
+    ]);
+
+    line0.remove();
+    expect(el.leafletObject?.getLatLngs()).toEqual([[{ lat: 1, lng: 2 }]]);
+    el.remove();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('leaflet-polyline', () => {
diff --git a/test/load-order.test.ts b/test/load-order.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e39913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load-order.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+// A real page has all its <leaflet-*> markup already parsed by the browser's
+// HTML parser before the deferred module script (which calls
+// customElements.define for every tag) ever runs. customElements.define()
+// upgrades every matching element already in the document immediately and
+// synchronously -- including firing connectedCallback -- so a "child" tag
+// whose one-shot connect-time announcement is missed because its listening
+// "parent" tag wasn't defined yet is broken in exactly this scenario, even
+// though it looks fine in every other test in this suite (they all import
+// the component modules -- and so call customElements.define -- before
+// creating any element, which sidesteps the whole problem).
+//
+// This file deliberately does NOT statically import any component module,
+// so nothing here is defined yet when the tree below is built.
+describe('real page load order (markup before customElements.define)', () => {
+  it('wires control-layers, layer-group and polygon/line correctly', async () => {
+    const map = document.createElement('leaflet-map');
+    map.setAttribute('lat', '51.5');
+    map.setAttribute('lng', '-0.09');
+    map.setAttribute('zoom', '13');
+
+    const controlLayers = document.createElement('leaflet-control-layers');
+    const baseTile = document.createElement('leaflet-tile-layer');
+    baseTile.setAttribute('type', 'base');
+    baseTile.setAttribute('name', 'Base');
+    baseTile.setAttribute('active', '');
+    baseTile.setAttribute('url', 'https://tile.example/{z}/{x}/{y}.png');
+    controlLayers.append(baseTile);
+
+    const group = document.createElement('leaflet-layer-group');
+    const groupedMarker = document.createElement('leaflet-marker');
+    groupedMarker.setAttribute('lat', '1');
+    groupedMarker.setAttribute('lng', '2');
+    group.append(groupedMarker);
+
+    const polygon = document.createElement('leaflet-polygon');
+    const vertices = [
+      ['51.509', '-0.08'],
+      ['51.503', '-0.06'],
+      ['51.51', '-0.047'],
+    ].map(([lat, lng]) => {
+      const line = document.createElement('leaflet-line');
+      line.setAttribute('lat', lat);
+      line.setAttribute('lng', lng);
+      return line;
+    });
+    polygon.append(...vertices);
+
+    map.append(controlLayers, group, polygon);
+    document.body.append(map);
+
+    // Nothing is upgraded yet -- these are plain, undefined elements.
+    expect(map.leafletObject).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Mirrors index.ts's real export order, which is what actually runs when
+    // a page does `import 'leaflet-components'`.
+    const lc = await import('../src/index.ts');
+
+    expect(map).toBeInstanceOf(lc.LeafletMap);
+    expect(map.leafletObject).toBeDefined();
+    expect(polygon.leafletObject?.getLatLngs()).toEqual([
+      [
+        { lat: 51.509, lng: -0.08 },
+        { lat: 51.503, lng: -0.06 },
+        { lat: 51.51, lng: -0.047 },
+      ],
+    ]);
+
+    const controlLayersInternal = controlLayers.leafletObject as unknown as {
+      _layers: { name: string }[];
+    };
+    // oxlint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle -- Leaflet's own field name
+    expect(controlLayersInternal._layers.map((l) => l.name)).toEqual(['Base']);
+
+    expect(group.leafletObject?.hasLayer(groupedMarker.leafletObject!)).toBe(true);
+
+    map.remove();
+  });
+});