Teutonic Knights
Military religious order founded in 1192 in Acre by German knights to protect the Crusader Kingdoms, but moved in 1211 to Transylvania to protect the Kingdom of Hungary, and then to Prussia in 1226 as part of the Prussian Crusade.
- HMML ID
- 289770743356
- PURL
- LC name
- Teutonic Knights
- HMML name
- Teutonic Knights
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Broeders van het Duitsche Huis van Sint Marie van Jerusalem
- Deutscher Orden
- Deutscher Ritter-Orden
- Deutscher Ritterorden
- Domus Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum in Jerusalem
- Duitsche Orde
- Haus der Ritter des Hospitals Sankt Marien der Deutschen zu Jerusalem
- House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem
- Knights of the Teutonic Order
- Orden der Ritter des Hospitals St. Marien des Deutschen Hauses
Organization information
- Organization type
- Military religious orders ● Religious orders ● Chivalric orders
- Foundation date
- 1192~
- Centuries
- 12th century CE ● 13th century CE ● 14th century CE ● 15th century CE ● 16th century CE ● 17th century CE ● 18th century CE ● 19th century CE ● 20th century CE ● 21st century CE
- Countries
- Languages
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
Preferred citation
"Teutonic Knights." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified May 09, 2024. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/289770743356
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-05-27
- Last edited
- 2024-05-09