Teutonic Order

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Catholic military order chivalric order crusader order religious order state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Teutonic Order was a medieval Catholic military order of German crusader knights that played a major role in the Christianization and conquest of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Teutonic Knights 4
Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem 1
Teutonic Knights (contingent) 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic military order ⓘ
chivalric order ⓘ
crusader order ⓘ
religious order ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
capital Königsberg ⓘ
Marienburg Castle ⓘ
coatOfArms black cross on white field ⓘ
conflict Battle of Grunwald ⓘ
Teutonic–Polish–Lithuanian conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Lithuanian Crusade

Teutonic–Polish–Lithuanian conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Polish–Teutonic Wars

Northern Crusades ⓘ
surface form: Prussian Crusade

Thirteen Years' War ⓘ
continuedAs Catholic religious order without territory ⓘ
country Teutonic–Polish–Lithuanian conflicts ⓘ
surface form: State of the Teutonic Order
culturalImpact foundation of many towns in Prussia and the Baltic region ⓘ
defeat Battle of Grunwald ⓘ
dissolutionAsSovereignState 16th century ⓘ
foundedAt Acre ⓘ
foundedBy German crusaders ⓘ
merchants from Bremen ⓘ
merchants from Lübeck ⓘ
foundedIn 1190 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Acre ⓘ
Königsberg ⓘ
Marienburg Castle ⓘ
Mergentheim ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
influenced German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Middle High German ⓘ
leaderTitle Grand Master ⓘ
membership German knights ⓘ
priests ⓘ
serving brothers ⓘ
militaryRole Northern Crusades ⓘ
surface form: Baltic crusades

Christianization of Lithuania ⓘ
Christianization of Prussia ⓘ
crusades in the Holy Land ⓘ
wars against pagan Baltic tribes ⓘ
modernHeadquarters Vienna ⓘ
modernName Teutonic Order self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem
neighboringPower Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableGrandMaster Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
Hermann von Salza ⓘ
Ulrich von Jungingen ⓘ
Winrich von Kniprode ⓘ
originalPurpose care for sick and wounded pilgrims ⓘ
hospital brotherhood ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
patronSaint Virgin Mary ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
rule monastic rule based on the Rule of St. Augustine ⓘ
secularization 1525 Prussian Homage ⓘ
successorState Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
suppressedInPrussia 1525 ⓘ
territory Livonia ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
surface form: Pomerelia

Prussia ⓘ
Samogitia ⓘ
surface form: Samogitia (partially and temporarily)
treaty Second Peace of Thorn (1466) ⓘ
Treaty of Kraków (1525) ⓘ
vassalTo Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crusades → associatedOrder → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Knights
Kaunas Castle → attackedBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Battle of Legnica → belligerent → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Knights (contingent)
Mongol invasion of Poland → belligerent → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Knights
Novgorod Republic → borderedBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Old Prussians → conqueredBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Old Prussians → conqueredBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Knights
Toruń → foundedBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Knights
Pomerania → historicallyRuledBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Teutonic Order → modernName → Teutonic Order self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary’s Hospital in Jerusalem
Kingdom of Poland → neighbor → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Alexander Nevsky → opponent → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Samogitia → opposed → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → protectedBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Baltic Germans → underRuleOf → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Kaunas Castle → usedBy → Teutonic Order ⓘ
Bad Mergentheim → wasSeatOf → Teutonic Order ⓘ
this entity surface form: Teutonic Order grand masters