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The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, ... from whose ranks the Grand Master was usually chosen.
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.
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.
The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of the Teutonic Order, [1] formed in 1237. From 1435 to 1561 it was a member of the Livonian Confederation . Teutonic & Livonian Orders in 1422
The Teutonic Order was founded as a hospital brotherhood in 1190 in Acre, Israel. In 1198, the Order became a religious military order of chivalry. However, since 1929 it has been a purely religious order of priests, brothers and sisters, with a category of 12 honorary knights and an unlimited number of associates, known as Marianer.
The order of precedence in the Catholic Church is organized by rank within the hierarchy according first to order, then jurisdiction, and finally to titular or ad personam honors granted to individuals despite a lack of jurisdiction. Emeritus ecclesiastics are counted among the latter.
The Teutonic Order's annexation and possession of Gdańsk (Danzig) and the surrounding region was consistently disputed by the Polish kings Władysław I and Casimir III the Great – claims that led to the Polish–Teutonic War (1326–1332) and, eventually, lawsuits in the papal court in 1320 and 1333, which ruled in favor of Poland, however ...
Teutonic Knights — leaders, officers, and members of the medieval Teutonic Order; and those who fought for them. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.