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The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, ... the Order today is unambiguously a Catholic religious order ...
Extent of the Teutonic Order in 1410. A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights Hospitaller, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of Saint James, the Order of Calatrava, and the Teutonic Knights.
In 1234, the Teutonic Order assimilated the remaining members of the Order of Dobrzyń and, in 1237, the Order of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. The assimilation of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword (established in Livonia in 1202) increased the Teutonic Order's lands with the addition of the territories known today as Latvia and Estonia.
The Duchy of Prussia (German: Herzogtum Preußen, Polish: Księstwo Pruskie, Lithuanian: Prūsijos kunigaikštystė) or Ducal Prussia (German: Herzogliches Preußen; Polish: Prusy Książęce) was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the Teutonic Order until the ...
The grand master of the Teutonic Order (German: Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens; Latin: Magister generalis Ordo Teutonicus) is the supreme head of the Teutonic Order. It is equivalent to the grand master of other military orders and the superior general in non-military Roman Catholic religious orders .
The Teutonic Order responded to the attack quickly, with Konrad making a quick truce with the Lithuanians to secure his flanks, he summoned the Order and the cities for a counterattack. Meanwhile, the siege of Visby began on 25 January. The city was defended by only 85 Teutonics but the burghers supported them whole-heartedly.
The State of the Teutonic Order (1230–1525) — a Crusader state of the Holy Roman Empire. Located in sections of Medieval Estonia , Latvia , northern Poland , and Prussia . Subcategories
The order soon established an organization throughout the German Empire of bailiwicks headed by a land commander reporting to the German master. Below the land commander were commanders, who administered the order's property. [2] The Teutonic Order was given property in the Netherlands in 1218–19 by Count Adolf von Berg and Sweder van Dingede ...