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unusual facts about Teutonic Order



Anno von Sangershausen

Anno von Sangerhausen (died 8 July 1273) served as the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1256 to 1273.

Two years later he left for the higher position as the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order which he served until his death in 1273.

Battle of Karuse

The battle, named after the Karuse village, was the fifth-largest defeat of the Livonian or Teutonic Orders in the 13th century.

Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels

Count Christian Moritz von Koenigsegg und Rothfels (born November 24, 1705—died July 21, 1778 in Vienna) was knight of the Teutonic Order of Altshausen.

Gołąbki

Polish myth holds the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiello fed his army with gołąbki before a key battle of the Thirteen Years' War outside of Marienburg Castle against the Teutonic Order, victory stemming from the strength of the hearty meal.

House of Nassau

1198–1230: Robert IV - son of Walram I; from 1230–1240: Knight of the Teutonic Order

Mątowy Wielkie

Thus, a 14th-century Gothic church is located in the village which is located close to the Malbork Castle (Ordensburg Marienburg), the then the capital of the Teutonic Order's monastic state.

Ostróda

In 1270 the Teutonic Order began constructing wooden earthworks to control the original settlement as well as defend the initial Mazurian and German settlers.

Schiffskinder

Sometimes groups of Schiffskinder supported the Teutonic Order armies and there is a record of one Hochmeister who in 1414 awarded one such group, the Schiffskinder of Gdansk (Danzig), with privileges for their valor in combat against the Poles.

Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia

Duke Siemowit, being ambitious, was very active in politics of the period and thus needed cash to finance his policies so several times he mortgaged some of his domains to the Teutonic Order, including Wizna, Zawkrze and Płońsk.

Wilhelm von Urenbach

Wilhelm von Urenbach was chosen as the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order in 1253 in opposition to Grand Master Poppo von Osterna, elected by the majority of the knights.


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Battle of Płowce

On 27 September 1331, one-third of the Teutonic Order's force of knights under Dietrich von Altenburg left the blockaded peasant town of Płowce.

Bolko V the Hussite

The dispute only ended in 1452 during the Polish Sejm in Piotrków, where Bolko V even offered the Polish King Casimir IV financial assistance for a war against the Teutonic Order in exchange for the district of Wieluń as a lien (the proposal wasn't accepted).

Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein

Despite the fact he was not associated with influential people within the Teutonic Order and lacked political experience, Zöllner was chosen Grand Master in 1382 after the death of Winrich von Kniprode, the previous Grand Master.

Feliks Sypniewski

It is worth to mention that even though most of Sypniewski clan (the ancestors of Feliks Sypniewski) and their estates were located within State of the Teutonic Order at that time, they have supported Polish-Lithuanian King Jagiello and took active part in this battle against Teutonic Order.

Gottfried von Hohenlohe

Hohenlohe was regarded as passive concerning further involvement of the Teutonic Order in Prussia and Livonia, as well as not having listened to requests made by these provinces.

Land of Słupsk-Sławno

In the Treaty of Soldin of 13 September 1309, the Margraves of Brandenburg sold the part of Pomerelia east of the Łeba River to the Teutonic Order.

Livonian Brothers of the Sword

The order is featured in Medieval II: Total War, available as an infantry unit of the Teutonic Order.

Prussian Union

The Prussian Confederation, a league of cities formed in 1440 to resist taxes levied by the Teutonic Order

Rothenstein

Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein (died 20 August 1390), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1382 to 1390.