List of Masters and Grand Masters of the Lords of the Cross with the Red Star
This article chronologically lists the General Superiors who are called Grand Masters in the Knightly Order of the Cross with the Red Star .
master
- Albert (1237-1248)
- Konrad the Swabian (1248–1260)
- Merbot of Racibórz (1260-1276)
- Otto the Saxon (1276–1282)
- Eckhard (1282-1296)
- Frederick I (1296-1313)
- Rüdiger (1313-1324)
- Ulrich (1324-1351)
- Heinrich (1351-1352)
Grand Master
- Leo (1352-1363)
- Frederick II (1363-1380)
- Zdeněk (1380–1407)
- Johann von Zdenice (1407–1419)
- Nikolaus I. Čápský (1419–1426), deposed
- Johann Čápský (1426)
- Václav Holub of Skorkov (1426–1428)
- Erasmus (1428-1454)
- Andreas Pesmet (1454-1460)
- Jan Hulec (1460)
- Nikolaus Puchner (1460–1490)
- Matthias von Třebsko (von Střebsko) (1490–1511)
- Václav of Hradešín (1511–1552)
- Anton Brus (1552-1580)
- from 1592 to 1668 the office of Grand Master was automatically exercised by the respective Prague Archbishop, see list of Archbishops of Prague
- Johann Friedrich von Waldstein (1668–1694), also 2nd Bishop of Königgrätz from 1668 to 1675 and 16th Archbishop of Prague from 1675 to 1694
- Georg Ignaz Pospíchal (1694–1699)
- Johann Franz Franchimont von Frankenfeld (1699–1707)
- Martin Konstantin Beinlich (1707–1721)
- Franz Matthias Böhmb (1722–1750)
- Julius Franz Waha (1750–1754)
- Anton Jakob Suchánek (1755–1795)
- Ignaz Blasius Zeidler (1795–1809)
- Franz Christian Pittroff (1810-1814)
- Josef Anton Köhler (1815–1839)
- Jakob Beer (1840–1866)
- Johann Jestrzabek (1866–1878)
- Emmanuel Johann Schöbel (1879–1882), resigned, from 1882 to 1909 14th Bishop of Leitmeritz
- Franz Huspeka (1882-1891)
- Václav Horák (1891–1902)
- Frantz Xaver Marat (1902-1915)
- Josef Vlasák (1915–1958)
- 1958–1988 Interregnum : due to the pressure exerted by the communist regime on the members of the order, it was not possible to elect a Grand Master at this time
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Ladislav Sirový (1988–1992) (secret until the end of 1989)
- František Lobkowicz , OPraem , (1992–2001), Apostolic Delegate , since 1996 1st Bishop of Ostrava-Troppau
- Jiří Kopejsko (2001-2007)
- Jaroslav Škarvada (2004–2010), Apostolic Delegate
- Josef Šedivý (since 2011)
Web links
- Entry on Knights of the Cross with the Red Star on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 6, 2015.
- Entry Knights of the Cross with the Red Star on gcatholic.org
literature
- BUBEN, Milan M. Rytířský řád Křížovníků s červenou hvězdou. Praha: Rytířský řád Křížovníků s červenou hvězdou, 1996. 67 p.