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Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

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Ulrich von Jungingen

26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1407–1410)

Ulrich von Jungingen was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and lead to disaster for his Order, and his…
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Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

Leader of the Teutonic Order, a medieval sect of Roman Catholicism

The grand master of the Teutonic Order 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. Hochmeister, literally "high master", is only used in…
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