Teutonic Order - Grand Commandery of Malta

Teutonic Order - Grand Commandery of Malta Teutonic Order - Grand Commandery of Malta. Pope Clement III confirmed this body as the "fratrum Theutonicorum ecclesiae S. Mariae Theutonicorum in Accon".

The Teutonic Order, as a new institution was confirmed by the German Crusader leader, Duke Frederick of Swabia, on November 19th, in the year 1190 and with the capture of Acre, the founders of the hospital were given a permanent site in the city. Mariae Hiersolymitanae" by the Bull Quotiens postulatur of February 6, 11, 91 and, within a few years, the Order had developed as a Religious Military in

stitution comparable to the Hospitallers and Templars, although initially subordinate to the Master of the Hospital. This subordination was confirmed in the Bull Dilecti filii of Pope Gregory IX of January 12, 1240 addressed to the "fratres hospitalis S. The distinct German character of this new Hospitaller Order and the protection given to it by the Emperor and German rulers, enabled it to gradually assert a de facto independence from the Order of Saint John. The first Imperial grant came from Otto IV who gave the Order his protection on May 10, 1213 and this was followed almost immediately by a further confirmation by Frederick II on September 5, 1214. These Imperial confirmations each treated the Teutonic knights as independent from the Hospitallers. By the middle of the fourteenth century this independence was acknowledged by the Holy See.

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Hermann von Salza (c. 1165 – 20 March 1239) was the fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1210 to 12...
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Hermann von Salza (c. 1165 – 20 March 1239) was the fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1210 to 1239. A skilled diplomat with ties to the Frederick II and the Pope, Hermann oversaw the expansion of the military order into Prussia. www.TeutonicOrder.com

The Armorial Bearings of the Hochmeister of the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary In Jerusalem. www.Te...
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The Armorial Bearings of the Hochmeister of the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary In Jerusalem. www.TeutonicOrder.com

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High Grandmaster Breast Badge of the Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order. www.TeutonicOrder.com
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High Grandmaster Breast Badge of the Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order. www.TeutonicOrder.com

A Great Helm of a Teutonic Knight, constructed in the manner of a funerary achievement, after the style of the late 14th...
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A Great Helm of a Teutonic Knight, constructed in the manner of a funerary achievement, after the style of the late 14th century, 18th-19th century. www.TeutonicOrder.com

Hendrik Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe, Knight of the Teutonic Order. www....
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Hendrik Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz as Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe, Knight of the Teutonic Order. www.TeutonicOrder.com

JOHANN F. HOFFMANN (1840-1900), Memorial Vase of the Teutonic Knights. Bohemia, Harrachov glass factory, 1889. To remind...
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JOHANN F. HOFFMANN (1840-1900), Memorial Vase of the Teutonic Knights. Bohemia, Harrachov glass factory, 1889. To remind the acceptance of the Count Kinsky of Vchynic and Tetov as an Honorary member of the Teutonic Order on the 14. 2. 1889. www.TeutonicOrder.com

Bildnis des Clemens August als Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens, Portraitmaler des 18. Jahrhunderts. www.TeutonicOrder.c...
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Bildnis des Clemens August als Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens, Portraitmaler des 18. Jahrhunderts. www.TeutonicOrder.com

Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria Document signed ('Maximilian') as Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teuton...
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Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria Document signed ('Maximilian') as Archduke of Austria and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 24 July 1604. www.TeutonicOrder.com

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