Konrad von Feuchtwangen

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Konrad von Feuchtwangen
Grand Master's coat of arms of Konrad von Feuchtwangen

Konrad von Feuchtwangen (* before 1230; † July 4, 1296 in Prague ) was the 13th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1290 to 1296.

Life

His origin from a Countess Oettingian ministerial family is likely, but it has not yet been possible to clarify a family relationship; His second successor in the Grand Master's office, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, probably belongs to the same family .

Konrad von Feuchtwangen was first recorded in the year 1259 as provincial commander of Austria.

1258/1264 are first mentioned as "frater Conradus de Viuchtban / Vuchtwang". He was Komtur von Zschillen ( Wechselburg bei Chemnitz ), 1259 and 1271–1279 Landkomtur der Ballei Austria, 1279–1280 Landmeister in Prussia, 1279–1281 Landmeister in Livonia , 1284–1290 German Master , 1287 Komtur von Mergentheim .

In 1291 the city fortress of Akkon , where the seat of the order was located until then, was conquered by the Mamluks . Thereupon the order moved its seat to Venice .

Konrad von Feuchtwangen was buried in the Teutonic Order Church of Dobrovítov (Dobrowitow) near Časlau in Bohemia.

literature

  • Udo Arnold :  Konrad von Feuchtwangen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 515 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Werner Uhlich: The contribution of Grand Masters Konrad and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen to the history of the Teutonic Order. (Attached work: Romuald Kaczmarek and Jacek Witkowski: The tomb of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Konrad von Feuchtwangen in the Cistercian Church in Trebnitz. ) City archive Feuchtwangen, Feuchtwangen 1990.

Web links

Commons : Konrad von Feuchtwangen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on New German Biography
  2. ↑ "The Lords of Feuchtwangen" on www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de
predecessor Office successor
Konrad von Thierberg Landmeister of Prussia of the Teutonic Order
1279–1280 		Swiss chard from Sternberg
Gerhard von Katzenelnbogen Landmaster in Livonia of the Teutonic Order
1279–1281 		Swiss chard from Sternberg
Matthias German Master of the Teutonic Order
1284–1290 		Gottfried von Hohenlohe
personal data
SURNAME Konrad von Feuchtwangen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konrad II of Feuchtwangen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman; Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1290–1296)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1230
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1296
Place of death Prague