Konrad von Feuchtwangen ( en, Conrad of Feuchtwangen) (before 1230 – 4 July 1296 in

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) was the 13th Grand Master of the

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from 1290 to 1296.

Biography

He was probably descended from a ministerial family connected with the comitial noble house of

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, though just how is still uncertain; certainly his successor as Grand Master,

Siegfried von Feuchtwangen Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1303 to 1311. Von Feuchtwangen was born in Feuchtwangen in Middle Franconia, and was a relative of the ...

, belonged to this family. Konrad von Feuchtwangen's name first appears in record in 1259 as Landkomtur (District Commander) of Austria.„Die Herren von Feuchtwangen“ in www.geschichte-feuchtwangen.de
/ref> In 1258/1264 the first notices "''frater Conradus de Viuchtban/Vuchtwang'' appear when he was the Commander of Zschillen (

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bei

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); in 1259 und 1271–1279 he was District Commander of the

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of Austria; in 1279–1280 District Master of Prussia; in 1279–1281 District Master of

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; in 1284–1290 "German Master" (District Master of all bailiwicks within the borders of the

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); in 1287 Commander of Mergentheim. In 1291 the fortified city of

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, which the Order had made its headquarters up to that point, was conquered by the Mamelukes in the

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. Thereafter the order relocated its headquarters in

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. Konrad von Feuchtwangen was interred in the Church of the Teutonic Order (german: Deutschordenskirche) in Dobrovítov near Kutná Hora in

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References

Bibliography

* * Werner Uhlich: ''Der Beitrag der Hochmeister Konrad und Siegfried von Feuchtwangen zur Geschichte des Deutschen Ordens.'' (Beigefügtes Werk: Romuald Kaczmarek und Jacek Witkowski: ''Das Grabmal des Hochmeisters des Deutschen Ordens Konrad von Feuchtwangen in der Zisterzienserinnenkirche in Trebnitz.'') Stadtarchiv Feuchtwangen, Feuchtwangen 1990. {{s-end Year of birth uncertain 1296 deaths Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order