DEUTSCHER ORDEN

Teutonic Order

 

 

HISTORY

HERALDRY

The Arms of the Order

The Arms of the Grand Masters

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Grand Masters (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order

 

Biographical notes about the Grand Masters on Internet (in german)

 

Name

from

until

Meister Sibrand

1190

1198

Gerhard

1192

 

Heinrich

1193

1194

Ulrich

1190

1198

Heinrich

1190

1198

01. Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim

1198

1200

02. Otto von Kerpen

1200

1208

03. Heinrich von Tunna gen. Bart

1208

1209

04. Hermann von Salza

1209

1239

05. Konrad von Thüringen

1239

1240

06. Gerhard von Malberg

1240

1244

07. Heinrich von Hohenlohe

1244

1249

08. Gunther von Wüllersleben

1249

1252

09. Poppo von Osterna

1252

1256

10. Anno von Sangerhausen

1256

1273

11. Hartmann von Heldrungen

1273

1282

12. Burchard von Schwanden

1283

1290

13. Konrad von Feuchtwangen

1291

1296

14. Gottfried von Hohenlohe

1297

1303

15. Siegfried von Feuchtwangen

1303

1311

16. Karl von Trier

1311

1324

17. Werner von Orseln

1324

1330

18. Luther von Braunschweig

1331

1335

19. Dietrich von Altenburg

1335

1341

20. Ludolf König von Wattzau

1342

1345

21. Heinrich Dusemer

1345

1351

22. Winrich von Kniprode

1351

1382

23. Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein

1382

1390

24. Konrad von Wallenrode

1391

1393

25. Konrad von Jungingen

1393

1407

26. Ulrich von Jungingen

1407

1410

27. Heinrich von Plauen

1410

1413

28. Michael Küchmeister

1414

1422

29. Paul von Rusdorf

1422

1441

30. Konrad von Erlichshausen

1441

1449

31. Ludwig von Erlichshausen

1450

1467

32. Heinrich Reuß von Plauen

1467

1470

33. Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg

1470

1477

34. Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen

1477

1489

35. Johann von Tiefen

1489

1497

36. Friedrich von Sachsen

1498

1510

37. Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach

1511

1525

38. Walther von Cronberg

1527

1543

39. Wolfgang Schutzbar gen. Milchling

1543

1566

40. Georg Hund von Wenkheim

1566

1572

41. Heinrich von Bobenhausen

1572

1590

42. Maximilian von Österreich

1590

1618

43. Karl von Österreich

1618

1624

44. Johann Eustach von Westernach

1625

1627

45. Johann Kaspar von Stadion

1627

1641

46. Leopold Wilhelm von Österreich

1641

1662

47. Karl Joseph von Österreich

1662

1664

48. Johann Caspar von Ampringen

1664

1684

49. Ludwig Anton von der Pfalz

1684

1694

50. Franz Ludwig von der Pfalz-Neuburg

1694

1732

51. Clemens August von Bayern

1732

1761

52. Karl Alexander von Lothringen

1761

1780

53. Maximilian Franz von Österreich

1780

1801

54. Karl Ludwig von Österreich

1801

1804

55. Anton Viktor von Österreich

1804

1835

56. Maximilian Joseph von Österreich

1835

1863

57. Wilhelm von Österreich

1863

1894

58. Eugen von Österreich

1894

1923

59. Bischof Dr. Norbert Johann Klein

1923

1933

60. Abt Paul Heider

1933

1936

61. Abt Robert Schälzky

1936

1948

62. Abt Dr. Marian Tumler

1948

1970

63. Abt Ildefons Pauler

1970

1988

64. Abt Dr. Arnold Othmar Wieland

1988

2000

65. Abt Dr. Bruno Platter

2000

 

 

Arms

 

Sibrand

1190

Gerard           

1192

Heinrich

prior 1193/1194

Ulrich

1195

Heinrich (probably identical with Heinrich Walpot

præceptor 1196

01 Heinrich Walpot

1198-

02 Otto von Kerpen

-1209

03 Heinrich Bart

1209

 

04 Hermann von Salza

1209-1239

 

So we may be sure that the knights of the order wore a habit of a white cloak with a black cross. About the shields the different knights bore we are not so well informed be it that in the course of the 13th century it becomes clear that they were charged with different figures. The first High Master from whom it is known that he bore a coat of arms is  Hermann von Salza (1209-‘39). We have a quote in Wijbergen Armorial  (no. 1267) in which a coat of arms is ascribed to Le.Roy.de hongrie being barry of six pieces Argent and Sable, a carbuncle (thunderbolt) its arms ending in fleurs de lis, Or.

To explain the title of King of Hungary we have to take into consideration that the Teutonic Order was brought into action against the Kumenes by King Andrew II of Hungary. From Burzenland (around the later (1271) Kronstadt (= Brasov)) the Order operated so succesfully that it could add a large territory to Burzenland. The danger of  a ‘state into a state’ became so acute that Andrew II decided to expel the Order in 1225.

 

Arms of the King of Hungary

in Wijnbergen Roll

The power of Hermann von Salza in Transilvania was certainly comparable with this of a (co-) king and he was in that respect the equal of Koloman, who was for a short time co-king in Bosnia and later in Galicia, and Bela IV who possessed by life of his father Dalmatia, Crotia and Slavonia. Of these two princes there are other entries in Wijnbergen Armorial. The first is barry Gules and Argnet, the second, Azure, strewn with crosses Or, thee king’s heads proper.

We know that the coat of arms of Andrew II himself was barry with in the pair bars seven lions passant and three hearts. The black and white arms with the thunderbolt for certain has not been of one of the members of the royal family but from somebody who had a position comparable with theirs. Generally also, a thunderbolt was the emblem of a bailiff or first warrior and for the reign of Andrew II Hermann von Salza is a acceptable candidate. For that reason I propose that the arms with the bars in the colours of the Teutonic Order with the golden thundebolt, also taking into account the  later coat of arms of the Grand Master, be accepted as the first arms of Hermann von Salza, borne by him in Burzenlandfrom about 1221 until 1225. The thunderbolt would mean that he had the office of bailiff in Burzenland and the arms that he bore later would have been a development of this coat of arms.

The arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order was a cross charged with another cross andan escutcheon with the German Eagle

A mould stone has been found not long ago in Palestine. It is a mould stone to model the leather sheet for a shield cover. The escutcheon has a width of about 1/5  to 1/6  of the width of the shield to which it had to be attached.

The stone was found in Montfort, a fortress existing between 1220 and 1271. The shape of the eagle is more to the credit of the beginning than the end of this period. We then come to the reign of Hermann von Salza. During his term of office the Order built Montfort fortress near Acre for which they had received the parcel from Leopold VI of Austria (1227). Two years later, during the sixth Crusade the Order received an important parcel in Jeruzalem, which makes it likely that the stone dates from 1227-’29. [1] The augmentation of the coat of arms of the Order with a golden lily-cross and the escutcheon with the black eagle in this period agrees with the tradition telling that the escutcheon was granted by Emperor Frederick II to Hermann von Salza to confirm his rank as an Imperial Prince. [2]

If the coat of arms of the Grand Master was really created about 1229 this would be explained by the important position Hermann von Salza held the the imperial court. He was the most important advisor of Frederick II and a tireless mediator between him and the successive popes. He also played an important role in the 5th and 6th Crusade and acted as an arbitrator to end the excommunication of Frederick II in 1230. After his death in 1239 there was nobody to continue his diplomacy and Frederick II was finally excommunicated, causing his fall in 1245

Mould stone .

Palestine 2nd-3rd quarter of the 13th century. Plaster cast 25´18´11.6 cm. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.99.11

Form of a shield with eagle and fleur de lis H ´ W of the shield: 12.5 ´ 11.3 cm ca. Heighth of lily: 12.5 cm

Gathering from the additions to the arms of Hernman von Salza is what Frederick II planned to do with the Order and its Grand Master. The escutcheon is identical to the arms of the German King, an office his son Henry VII held only since 1228. These arms refer to the office of warlord of the Roman- and German King, the fleurs de lis are the symbol of royal armed authority and are in this quality on the ends of the royal sceptres. This is in agreement with the sovereign rights Hermann von Salza had received for Prussia by Golden Bull of Rimini. [3]

Because of the date of the moulding stone, 1226 is the preferable date the arms can have been granted. To this it has to be taken into account that Prussia was granted to Hermann von Salza, his successors and his House, as stipulated in the Bull. Prussia was not given to the Order but to the Grand Master of the Order. Lily cross and escutscheon with eagle are consequently the arms of the ruler of Prussia. Certainly Hermann von Salza had borne it on the black cross of the Order be it that that cannot be derived from the moulding stone.

These arms are a splendid expression from the role of arbitrator of Hermann von Salza between Emperor and Pope because on the one hand he represents himself as a member of a military order dedicated to the pope even when an element has been added referring to his subordination to imperial authority

 

05 Konrad von Thüringen

1239-1240

 

Separated bearing of arms however is likely of the successor of Hermann von Salza, Landgraf Konrad von Thüringen (1239-1240). Of him no coat of arms is known resembling the coats of arms borne by the next Grand Masters and which consists of a black cross charged with a golden lily cross and an escucheon with eagle. On the contrary on his tomb in Marburg there are the arms of Thüringia and the arms of the Order juxtaposed. The preseved shield with the Thuringian lion and a smaal shield with the arms of the Order is certainly not authentic because the shape of the arms of the Order is younger than the shield itself.

 

Shield of  Grand Master Landgraf Konrad von Thüringen, about 1240 [4]

 

Limewood,  upholstered on both sides with a piece of parchment. Attached on a blue background a lion made of thick leather, painted with eight white and red bars. The little shield ‘of the Order’ between the hindlegs of the lion added later. [5]

 

Arms of Grand Master Landgraf Konrad von Thüringen

On his tomb in the Church of St. Elizabeth in Marburg 1250 ca

 

Arms: D.: Argent, a cross Sable (Teutonic Order); S.: Azure, a lion barry Gules and Argent (Thuringia)

 

About the arms of the Grand Master it is remarkably silent after 1226/1240. There are no representations of the arms available from before the beginning of the 14th century.

 

06 Gerhard von Mahlberg

1241-1244

07 Heinrich von Hohenlohe

1244-1250

08 Günther von Wüllersleben

1250-1252

09 Poppo von Osterna

1252-1256

10 Anno von Sangerhausen

1256-1273

11 Hartmann von Heldrungen

1273-1282

12 Burkhard von Schwanden

1282-1290

13 Konrad von Feuchtwangen

1291-1296

14 Gottfried von Hohenlohe

1297-1303

15 Siegfried von Feuchtwangen

1303-1311

 

It is likely that the arms of the Grand Master came only into use after all of Prussia was captured and the see of the Grand Master was moved to Marienburg in Prussia.

 

16 Karl von Trier

1311-1324

           


In this time, during the term of office of Karl von Trier (1311-’24) other representations of the arms appear and afterwards there is an uninterrupted tradition. An old representation of the arms of the Grand Master is on the seal of the commandery of Elbing  (Elblag) from 1319. On it are the arms of the Grand Master, the black cross charged with a cross botonny.

The most impressive piece is the shield ascribed to Karl von Trier on which shield and crest is reperesented. Here also, the second cross is a cross botonny.

 

Shield of Grand Master Karl von Trier (1311-’24)

German, 1320 ca. Fir-wood with leather upholstery and painting 98.5´57.5 cm.

Innsbruck Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum [6]

 

Arms: Argent a cross Sable, charged with a cross bottony Or and an escutcheon of the King of Germany over all

Crest: A screen of the arms.

 

Seal of the Commander of Elbing, 1319

 

Arms: Cross charged with a cross botonny and an escutcheon of an eagle in the middle. L.: s. conmendatoris de elbingo. [7]

 

Secret seal of Karl von Trier, 1323

 

Arms: As before. L.: secret fris kar magri frm tevt. [8]

 

17 Werner von Orseln

1324-1330

18 Luther von Braunschweig

1331-1335

19 Dietrich von Altenburg

1335-1341

 

On the secret seal of Dietrich von Altenburg (1335-’41) the second cross is a cross potent suggesting an association with the cross of Jeruzalem. The use of this cross is said to have been approved later by Pope Boniface IX (1389-1404). In any case such a cross appeared afterwards on coins minted by the Order in Prussia after 1375. There is also a representation in Gelre Armorial, again with a helmet and crest ‘of the arms’.

 

20 Ludolf König

1342-1345

21 Heinrich Dusemer

1345-1351

22 Winrich von Kniprode

1351-1382

Arms and crest of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

as in Armorial Gelre, fol. 111v°. L.: Die meyster v Prusen

 

 

Silver Shilling, 1380 and after

 

Obv.: Grand Master’s arms with cross potent (lily-cross?). L.: MAGISTER WYNRIC[u]S PRIM[u]S

Rev.: Arms of the Order. L.: MONETA D[omi]NORVM PRUSCI[ae]. [9]

 

 

23 Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein

1382-1390

 

Greater ensign of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

Wall painting in Lochstadt Castle of the Order [10]

 

Greater Ensign: White with three lappets, a black cross charged with a yellow cross potent and an escutcheon Or, an eagle Sable on the crossing

 

24 Konrad von Wallenrod

1391-1393

                                                                

Silver quarter (‘vierchen’) 1390 ca

Nürnberg, Germ’s Nat. Mus. Mü 630

 

Obv.: Grand Master’s arms with cross potent. L: MAGISTER GENERALIS

Rev.: Cross. L.: DOMINORVM PRVSSIE

 

25 Konrad von Jungingen

1393-1407

 

Fresco in Malbork (Marienburg) Castle, 1404-‘07

Watercolor by AG, 1892.

 

Representing the crested arms of office of the Grand Master, the arms of the Marshal and the personal arms of Jungingen. The arms of Jungingen are:

 

Arms: Quarterly Argent and Azure.

Crest: Two horns set with peacock plumes. 

 

26 Ulrich von Jungingen

1407-1410

 

Greater Ensign of the

Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1410

By Jan Długosz fol 1.

 

A well known representation of the arms of the Grand Master is in the “Banderia Prutenorum” of Jan Dlugosz.  In this manuscript the banners captured by the Poles at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410 are represented.

 

Greater Ensign: White, the fly split in three, a black cross potent charged with another golden cross potent and an escutcheon Or, an eagle Sable crowned Or in the middle.

 

The legend reads:

 

Banderium magistri cruciferorum maius, quod magister generalis Vericus de Junigen ducebat: in quo erant sui prestanciores curienses et milites. Paludamentum autem suum, in quo occisus est, ex albo harassio, insigni infra scripto intextum, habet ecclesia parochialis in Kige pro una casula.

 

Greater ensign of the master of the crusade which the Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen flew leading the members of the curia and soldiers. The mantle in which he was killed distinguished itself from the white chasuble preserved in the parish church of Kige. 

 

Nota: hoc banderium continent in longitudine tres ulnas et latitudine duas cum quartali unius ulne (= 210´157cm ca)

Lesser ensign of the

 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1410

By Jan Długosz, fol 2

 

Lesser Ensign: As before but plain cloth

 

The legend reads:

 

Banderium magistri cruciferorum minus; sub quo erant milites cruciferorum ordinis magis notabiles et prestantes et aliqui milites mercenarii, qui ex varis Almanie partibus advenerant, et aliqui curiensis atque cubicularii magistri

 

Lesser ensign of the Master of the Crusade under which were the more elevated priests and soldiers of the Crusader Order and mercenaries from different parts of Germany, and some masters from the curia and chamberlains

 

Nota: Hoc banderium minus alias gonicza chorongew continet in longitudine unam ulnam cum quartali, in latitudine autem unam ulnam tantum (= 87´70 cm ca)

27 Heinrich von Plauen

1410-1413

 

 

28 Michael Küchmeister

1414-1422

29 Paul von Rusdorf

1422-1441

 

Grand Master’s Seal of Paul von Rusdorf, 1423

(Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie, Zb. dok. perg. nr 0089)

 

The second cross on the arms a cross potent.

 

30 Konrad von Erlichshausen

1441-1449

 

On 1442 the statutes of the Order were revised. Probably in relation therewith the cross was changed into lily-cross. This appeared, it is said, for the first time on the tomb of the Master of the German Bailiwick, Eberhard von Saunsheim (†1443) and later on a representation of Ludwig von Ehrlichshausen (1450-’67) in Königsberg cathedral. Both testimonies however could not be found or have disappeared altogether.

In the meantime the positition of the Teutonic Order in Prussia was considerably weakened. In 1410 the Order had been given a heavy blow by the Poles at the battle of Tanneberg from which it was not able to recover. In 1466 the Order had to recognize the Polish king as its suzerein, and its authority was reduced to half of the territory it had possessed before.

 

31 Ludwig von Erlichshausen

1450-1467

 

Arms of the “hochmeister zu pruſſen”

in the Berliner Wappenbuch, 1450-‘60

 

The golden cross still a cross potent

 

32 Heinrich Reuss von Plauen

1467-1470

 

Coat of arms of Heinrich Reuß von Plauen

in the St. Gallen armorial (Cod. sang. 1084)

 

Arms: Grand Master’s arms between the arms of the German Master

Legend: Ala reus von plawen hochmeister In preuſſen und Cpytal here zu iheruſalem

 

33 Heinrich von Richtenberg

1470-1477

34 Martin Truchsess

1477-1489

35 Johann von Tieffen

1497-1489

 

Groschen of Johann von Tiefen

 

Obv.: Grand Master’s Arms, the cross extending over the borders of the shield. L.: MAG[i]ST[er] IOH[an]N[e]S DE TIEFEN.

Rev.: Arms of the Order. L.: MONETA D[omi]NORVM PRVS[siae]

 

36 Friedrich zu Sachsen

1498-1510

 

Photo Hubert de Vries

Grand Master’s Arms

On a Triptych of the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, funded by Frederick of Saxony, 1504

Coll. Museum of Marienburg Castle 

 

Considering a probable restoration of the power of the Order a member of the powerful dynasty of Saxony was appointed Grand master in 1498. Chosen because of his dynastic qualities Friedrich von Sachsen (1498-1510) broke with the meanwhile grown tradition to bear the familiy arms and the arms of office separately. [11] The seal of the Order on which was represented the Virgin Mary and Child since the 13th century disappeared. On the new seal the arms of the Grand Master was reperesented with in the four quarters escutcheons of the arms of Saxony, Thuringia, Meissen and the Palatinate of Saxony. [12]

 

Seal: Arms: Argent, a cross Sable charged wit a lily-cross Or and an escutcheon of Germany in the middle. In the four quarters the arms of Saxony, Thüringia, Meissen and Palatinate of Saxony on escutcheons with semi-circular bases. L.: S FRIDERICH VON GOTZ GNADEN DEUTSCH ORDENS HOHMEISTER HERTZOG ZU SACHSSEN.

 

Photo Hubert de Vries

Arms of Friedrich zu Sachen (courtoisie)

On his tomb in Meissen Cathedral

 

Arms of Friedrich zu Sachsen

in a 17th century manuscript  [13]

 

37 Albrecht zu Brandenburg-Ansbach

1511-1525

 

The renewal of Friedrich zu Sachsen was adopted slightly modified by Albrecht von Brandenburg (1511-’25). On his seal the Grand Master’s Cross is on a shield quarterly of Brandenburg Pomerania, Nurnberg and Zollern. In the same way all of his successors have combined their personal arms with the Grand Master’s cross.

 

Arms of Albrecht von Brandenburg with griffin supporters

Printed by Georg Osterberger [14]

 

 

Å Der Vier unde dreissigste hoch..  hochmaiste: Albrecht Burgrave zu Bran [15]

 

 

Arms: ¼ of Brandenburg, Pommern, Neurenberg and Hohenzollern; over all the Grand Master’s cross. L.: ALBERTVS DEI G MAGISTER GENERALIS.

 

 

 

38 Walter von Cronberg

1527-1543

 

Nach der Säkularisation des Ordens unter dem letzten in Preußen residierenden Hochmeister Markgraf Albrecht von Brandenburg im Jahre 1525 wurde der Deutschmeister Walther von Cronberg auf dem Augsburger Reichstag 1530 von Kaiser Karl V. mit der hochmeisterlichen Würde und mit Preußen belehnt.

 

Appointed Master of Germany (Deutschmeister) on 16 December 1526 and a year later Grand Master of the Order with the right to call himself Administrator of the Grand Mastery (Administrator des Hochmeistertums). Later the title became Grand- and German Master  (Hoch- und Deutschmeister)

 

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Deutschmeister

 

Arms: ¼: 1&4: Argent a cross Sable (German Master); 2&3: Quarterly Gules and Vair (Cronberg) and the Grand Master’s cross over all.

Crests: Grand Master, D.: German Master and S.: Cronberg

Arms of G.M. Walter von Cronberg

On a medal to him, 1532  [16]

 

Modern rendering

 

39 Wolfgang Schutzbar called Milchling

1543-1566

 

 

 

Arms of the Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order Wolfgang Schutzbar called Milchling (†1566).

(Bayrische Staatsbibliothek  Cod.Icon. 308, fol. 57)

 

Arms: ¼: 1. The Order; 2&3: Aregent, a trefoil Sable (Schutzbar); 4. Argent, a mitre proper. The cross of the Grandmaster charged with the arms of Germany over all.

Crest: The Grandmaster; D.: Of the Order; S.: Schutzbar.

 

Georg Hund von Wenckheim

1566-1572

           

Achievement of Georg Hund von Weckheim

Bad Mergentheim

Arms: ¼: 1&4. The Order; 2&3: Gules, a horse’s head bridled Argent (Von Wencheim). The cross of the Grandmaster charged with the arms of Germany over all.

Crests: The Grandmaster; D.: Of the Order; S.: Von Wenckheim

Supporters: Two lions

Heinrich von Bobenhausen

1572-1590/’95

 


 

Silver Thaler, 1575

L.: HEINRICH V BOBENHAVSEN ADMINISTRATOR IN....

Arms of Heinrich von Bobenhausen

in a 17th century manuscript [17]

Arms: ¼: 1&4. The Order; 2&3: Gules, a fox taking refuge Or, a chicken in his muzzle Argent (Bobenhausen); The cross of the Grand Master charged with the arms of Germany over all.

Crest: The Grandmaster; D.: Of the Order; S.: Bobenhausen

Maximilian von Österreich

1590/’95-1618

From 1585 he was Koadjutor and from 1590 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and Administrator of Prussia.

From1593 until 1595 he was Regent in Inner Austria for the still underaged Archduke Ferdinand and then in Upper Austria

Larger arms in Mergentheim Castle

Å  lesser archducal  arms

Lesser Arms: ¼: 1. Arpad; 2 Bohemia; 3. 1|2 Austria-Burgundy; 4. 1|2 Tirol-Habsburg. Grand Master’s cross

Larger Arms: ¼ 1. Per fess the base per pale: Arpad, Aragon, Brabant; 2. Per fess the base per pale: Bohemia, Steyermark, Carinthia; 3. Tierced per pile embowed: Elsas, Kyburg, Pfirt; 4. Tiered per pile embowed: Krain, Gorizia, Windische Mark. And a base per pile embowed  tierced per pale: Upper Austria, Cilly, Portenau.

Crown: A princely Hat

Supporter: The Grand Master’s Cross.

Achievement of Maximilian by Theodor de Bry

In: Admiranda Narratio, 1590

Larger arms, crown and Grand Master’s cross as before and two crowned lions guardant for supporters added.

Achievement of Maximilian von Österreich, 1593-‘95

Above the main entry of Mergentheim Castle

Arms: ¼: I.: Per fess the chief 1|2 of Arpad and Hungary, the base 1|3 of Castile, Leon and Austria; II. Per fess the chief of Bohemia, the base 1|3 of Burgundy, Steyermark and Carinthia; III. Tierced per fess and parted per pale: 1. Elsass; 2. Kyburg; 3. Pfirt; 4. Tyrol; 5. Cilly; 6. Lower Austria; IV. Tierced per fess and parted per pale: 1. Krain; 2. Görz; 3. Habsburg; 4. Windische Mark; 5. Portenau; 6. Silesia. Grand Master’s cross.

Crown: A princely hat

Arms and Crown: As before.

Crests: Austria; D.: The Grand Master’s; S.: Of the Order

Supporters: A lion sejant and two griffins, helmeted and crested.

Achievement of Maximilian von Österreich, after 1595

Arms: As before but the quarter for Hungary (I-2) omitted and the quarter for Silesia (IV-6) replaced by the arms of Upper Austria.

Crowns, crests and Supporters as before

 

Continued in Part 3

 


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[1]  In 1229 the Order received the former German House in Jeruzalem and also a house once in the possession of King Baldwin in the Street of the Armenians near the church of St. Thomas, and also 6 roods of  land and a garden. In the following years the German  Hostpital of St. Mary in Jeruzalem is enlarged until the fall of Jeruzalem in 1244.  Probably Hermann von Salza has changed his residence from Starkenberg  (= Montfort) to Jeruzalem then.

[2] 800JDO. Pp. 16-17. Nickel:, Helmut: About some Heraldic Fragments Found at Castle Montfort/Starkenberg in 1926, and the Arms of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. In: Metropolitan Museum Journal 24, 1989, pp. 35-46. figs. 2-9.

[3]  Golden Bull of Rimini. In: Lesebuch zur deutschen Geschichte. Herausgegeben und bearbeitet von Bernhard Pollmann. Dortmund 1989.

[4] Marburg, Universitätsmuseum f. Kunst u. Kulturgeschichte.

[5] 700 Jahre Eisabethkirche in Marburg, 1283-1983.Die Heilige Elisabet in Hessen. Ausstellung, Marburg 1983. Kat. 81.1

[6] 800JDO. Cat. I.3.3.

[7] Engel, Bernhard: Die Mittelalterlichen Siegel der Fürsten, der Geistlichkeit und des Polnischen Adels im Thorner Rathsarchive. Abhandlungen zur Landeskunde der Provinz Westpreussen. Danzig 1902. Taf. I fig b.

[8] Hochm. Carl Beffart 1323. Engel, B. op. cit. 1902 Taf. I. a.

[9] Coins with the Grand Master’s arms 1375-1497:  800JDO p 81.

[10] Ekdahl op.cit. fig VIII

[11] Friedrich von Sachsen (*1476-†1510), youngest (3rd ) son of  Albrecht von Sachsen.

[12] Illustrated in: Bascapé, Giacomo & Marcello del Piazzo: Insegne e Simboli. Araldica Pubblica e privata medievale e moderna. Min. per beni culturale e ambientali. Roma, 1983.  Facing p. 76.

[13] Cronica von dem anfang deß Ordens der Ritter Brüder deß Hospitals S. Marien Theutschen Hauses zu Jerusalem. Hohenloher Zentralarchiv Neuenstein. In: Boehm, Hans-Georg: Hochmeisterwappen des Deutschen Ordens 1198-1618. Tauberbischofheim, 1990

[14] Kurze und einfeltige Beschreibung / aller hohemeister Deutsches Ordens S. Mariæ / des Hospitalis zu Jerusalem. Königsberg 1584

[15] Boehm, H.-G. op.cit. p. 85

[16] Wien, Kunsthist. Mus. Sammlung von Medaillen, Münzen u. Geldzeichen no. 4362 bß (800JDO, III.1.6)

[17] Boehm, H.-G. op.cit. p. 91