Teutonic Knight
Teutonic Knight A member of a military and religious order whose full title was the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of St Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem. Founded in 1190 at Acre, it was made up of knights, priests, and lay brothers and was active in Palestine and Syria, though its members retreated to Venice when the Crusaders failed to contain the Muslims. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II employed the order as missionaries to overcome and convert the pagans beyond the north-eastern border of the empire and in this they were very successful, gaining Prussia in 1229.
In 1234, though in practice independent, they declared that they held the lands they had conquered as a fief from the pope. Joining with the Livonian Order, they continued to advance around the Baltic coast, amassing huge territories, but their progress was checked decisively when they were defeated at Tannenberg in 1410 by King Ladislas of Poland. In 1525 the Grand Master, Albert of Brandenburg, became a Lutheran, resigned his office, and the order was declared secular, and it remained an order under the control of the Electors of Brandenburg.
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The Teutonic knights and Baltic chivalry.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...strategy and tactics. The Teutonic Knights earned some of the censure...was undeserved. The knights pointed out that many...strength of an order of knight-brothers dedicated...chivalry.(4) The Teutonic Knights brought a chivalry to...
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The Teutonic Knights.(The Teutonic Knights: A Military History)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: MBR Bookwatch; 4/1/2006; ; 487 words
; The Teutonic Knights William Urban MBI Publishing Company...0454 www.mbipublishing.com The Teutonic Knights: A Military History is the true story of the Christian order of Teutonic Knights of central Europe during the...
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Searchers find remains of Teutonic Knights leaders
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/12/2008; ; 700+ words
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Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights: Images of the Military Orders, 1128-1291
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words
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Tannenberg 1410; disaster for the teutonic knights. (reprint, 2003).(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 481 words
; 0275988600 Tannenberg 1410; disaster for the teutonic knights. (reprint, 2003) Turnbull, Stephen. Praeger...reproduction of a propaganda poster from 1920 showing a Teutonic Knight threatened by a Pole and a Socialist. This cloth...
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Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights: Images of the Military Orders, 1128-1291.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...thirteenth centuries the military orders - Knights of the Temple of Solomon of Jerusalem, and the Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem...western Europe. (A third group, the Teutonic Knights, operated with similar success m eastern...
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Teutonic knights put friendship aside
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 12/8/2006; 459 words
; CHELSEA midfield ace Michael Ballack admits he would not be talking with Arsenal's Jens Lehmann ahead of Sunday's big derby. The two have shared barbecues and family outings following the German captain's move to Chelsea last summer. On Sunday, however, all of that will change when Arsenal visit
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Travel: The dark knights of the soul Peter Griffiths follows the trail of the Teutonic warriors who were once the masters of Poland
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...The castle was built by the Knights of the Teutonic Order, a fanatical band of German...than 80 acres. From here the knights lorded it over the Baltic coast...and Lithuanians to challenge the Teutonic Order in 1410. The result was...
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Tannenberg and After. Lithuania, Poland, and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Lithuania, Poland, and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality...important in his story, it is the Knights of the Teutonic Order who figure most prominently...Wladyslaw Jagietlo of Poland, the Teutonic Order's crusade against piracy...
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Where Nevsky sank the Teutonic invaders
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 9/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; Sophia Kishkovsky International Herald Tribune 09-30-2005 The ghosts of crusading Teutonic knights in battle with Russian troops led by the Russian warrior-saint Alexander Nevsky echo across the dunes of Lake Chudskoye. The...
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Teutonic Knight
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Teutonic Knight A member of a military and religious order whose full title was the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of St Mary of the Teutons...Founded in 1190 at Acre, it was made up of knights, priests, and lay brothers and was...
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Teutonic Knights
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS TEUTONIC KNIGHTS. The Teutonic Order was founded as a hospital in Acre (now 'Akko) in 1190. It became a military order in 1198 and expanded rapidly, particularly under the leadership of Hermann von Salza (1210 –...
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Teutonic Order
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Teutonic Order. The Order of German knights grew out of a nursing community...its own. The Order, made up of knights, priests, and lay brothers, was...Duke Conrad of Masovia invited the knights to subdue the heathen Prussians...
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knight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...under another's banner was called a knight bachelor; a knight fighting under his own banner was a knight banneret. Knights were ordinarily accompanied in battle...Templars , Knights Hospitalers , Teutonic Knights , Livonian Brothers of the...
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Knights Templars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Knights Templars , in medieval history...military and religious order of the Poor Knights of Christ, called the Knights of the Temple of Solomon from their...Like the Knights Hospitalers and the Teutonic Knights , the Templars were formed...
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