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Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th 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 earlier Grand Master Konrad von Feuchtwangen. He took the office after his predecessor, Gottfried von Hohenlohe, had abdicated. Von Hohenlohe's rule was marked by internal strife within the Order, but also by important changes.
Under von Feuchtwangen, the Order seized Danzig (Gdańsk) in 1308 and took control of Pomerelia through the 1309 Treaty of Soldin, thus becoming
Der Beitrag der Hochmeister Konrad und Siegfried von Feuchtwangen zur Geschichte des Deutschen Ordens
The Contribution of Grand Masters Konrad and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen to the History of the German Order'() at Geschichte-Feuchtwangen.de
Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th 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 earlier Grand Master Konrad von Feuchtwangen. He took the office after his predecessor, Gottfried von Hohenlohe, had abdicated. Von Hohenlohe's rule was marked by internal strife within the Order, but also by important changes.
Under von Feuchtwangen, the Order seized Danzig (Gdańsk) in 1308 and took control of Pomerelia through the 1309 Treaty of Soldin, thus becoming Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
's strongest enemy.
Due to the Pope dismantling the Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...
, he moved the headquarters of the order from Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
, located there by his predecessor, to Marienburg Castle in Pomesania, outside the Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium ...
.
Siegfried died there in 1311 and was buried in the cathedral of Kulmsee (Chełmża).Werner Uhlich:Der Beitrag der Hochmeister Konrad und Siegfried von Feuchtwangen zur Geschichte des Deutschen Ordens
The Contribution of Grand Masters Konrad and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen to the History of the German Order'() at Geschichte-Feuchtwangen.de
References
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