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The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, ... , the capital of the Order, ...
A Baltic port city, it successively became the capital of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia and the provinces of East Prussia and Prussia. Königsberg remained the coronation city of the Prussian monarchy from 1701 onwards, though the capital was Berlin.
The State of the Teutonic Order (Latin: Civitas Ordinis Theutonici) [a] was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13th century Northern Crusades in the region of Prussia.
A Baltic port city, it successively became the capital of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Duchy of Prussia (1525–1701) and East Prussia. Königsberg remained the coronation city of the Prussian monarchy, though the capital was moved to Berlin in 1701.
1457 – City becomes capital of the State of the Teutonic Order. [1] 1464 – Georg Steinhaupt becomes mayor. [3] 1465 – Landing force from Polish-allied Elbląg destroyed the shipyard near the Old Town, preventing the Teutonic Knights from rebuilding their fleet until the end of the Thirteen Years' War. [9]
Teutonic Order Russia: 1340: Königsberg was the capital of the Teutonic Order, it accepted the sovereignty of the Polish crown in 1466. It became Ducal Prussia in 1525 after secularisation, a German principality that was a fief of the Polish crown until gaining its independence in the 1660 Treaty of Oliva.
A Teutonic castle in Kaliningrad. The fall of Kneiphof allowed the Teutonic Order to establish a bastion of resistance in Kaliningrad, which became the capital of the Teutonic Order's state from 1457 onwards. During the prolonged defense, Kneiphof lost 300 men.
The grand master of the Teutonic Order (German: Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens; Latin: Magister generalis Ordo Teutonicus) 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.