The Teutonic Order

The complete name of the Teutonic order was "Orden der Ritter des Hospitals Sankt Marien des Deutschen Hauses zu Jerusalem" and its purpose when it was created 1190 was to give medical care to the crusaders in the Holy Land. But only eight years later was it transformed into a military order, which 1211-1225 was active in Transylvania and from 1224 in Prussia where it created a state of its own. The residence of the Order's grand master was however Acre in the Holy Land to 1291, thereafter Venice and first in 1309 was it transferred to Prussia. 1466 Prussia became a Polish vassal state and it was transformed into a secular duchy 1525, which united with Brandenburg 1618. Despite the loss of Prussia 1525 the Teutonic order continued to function and still exist today, although it does not have any military function anymore.

1198-1200 1200-1209 1209-1210 1210-1239 1239-1240 1241-1244 1244-1249 1250-1252 1253-1256 1256-1273 1273-1283 1283-1290 1291-1296 1297-1303 1303-1311 1311-1324 1324-1330 1331-1335 1335-1341 1342-1345 1345-1351 1352-1382 1382-1390 1391-1393 1393-1407 1407-1410 1410-1413 1414-1422 1422-1441 1441-1449 1450-1467 1467-1470 1470-1477 1477-1489 1489-1497 1498-1510 1511-1525	Heinrich I Walpot Otto von Kerpen Heinrich II von Tunna Hermann von Salza Konrad I von Thüringen Gerhard von Malberg Heinrich III von Hohenlohe Günther von Wüllersleben Poppo von Osterna Anno von Sangershausen Hartmann von Heldrungen Burchard von Schwanden Konrad II von Feuchtwangen Gottfried von Hohenloe Siegfried von Feuchtwangen Karl Bessart aus Trier Werner von Orseln Luther von Braunschweig-Lüneburg Dietrich von Altenburg Ludolf von Waitzau Heinrich IV Dusemer von Arsberg Winrich von Kniprode Konrad III Zöllner von Rotenstein Konrad IV von Wallenrode Konrad V von Jungingen Ulrich von Jungingen Heinrich V Reuss von Plauen Michael Küchmeister Paul Bellinzer von Rusdorf Konrad VI von Erlichshausen Ludwig von Erlichshausen Heinrich VI Reuss von Plauen Heinrich VII Reffle von Richtenberg Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen Johann von Tiefen Friedrich von Sachsen-Meissen Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach
The possessions of the Teutonic order in Prussia are secularised and transformed into a duchy 1525 Duchy of Prussia
1525-1568 1568-1618	Albrecht (same as above) Albrecht Friedrich