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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. Hochmeister, literally "high master", is ...
The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, ... The estimates range from 60 rebellious leaders, reported by ...
Gold coin depicting Wolter von Plettenberg (1525), National Museum in Warsaw. Personal coat of arms. Wolter or Walter von Plettenberg (c. 1450 – February 28, 1535) was Master (Landmeister) of the Livonian Order from 1494 to 1535, [1] and one of the greatest leaders of the Teutonic knights. He was an important early Baltic German.
Royal Prussia. The State of the Teutonic Order (Latin: Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) [ a ] was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia.
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. They arose in the Middle Ages in association with the Crusades, in the ...
Hermannus de Saltza, 17th century, Deutschordenshaus [de], Vienna. Hermann von Salza (or Herman of Salza; c. 1165 – 20 March 1239) was the fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1210 to 1239. A skilled diplomat with ties to the Frederick II and the Pope, Hermann oversaw the expansion of the military order into Prussia.
The Siege of Acre (also called the Fall of Acre) took place in 1291 and resulted in the Crusaders ' losing control of Acre to the Mamluks. It is considered one of the most important battles of the period. Although the crusading movement continued for several more centuries, the capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant.
The Teutonic Order attributed the defeat to treason on the part of Nicholas von Renys (Mikołaj of Ryńsk), commander of the Culm banner, and he was beheaded without a trial. [78] He was the founder and leader of the Lizard Union , a group of knights sympathetic to Poland.