Konrad von Jungingen
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Konrad von Jungingen | |
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Hohenfels Castle, Marienburg | |
Died | 30 March 1407 |
Burial | Under the Chapel of St. Anne in the Malbork Castle , Marienburg |
Konrad von Jungingen (c. 1355 – 30 March 1407) was a Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1393 to 1407. Under his administration, the Teutonic Order would reach its greatest extent.
Konrad von Jungingen came from the Swabian League and joined the Teutonic Order together with his younger brother Ulrich around 1380. At first, he was a commander at the castle in Osterode. In 1391, he was promoted to the Treasurer of Marienburg.
Konrad's election to Grand Master and head of the Order arose through an indirect fashion. As chairman of the order, policy excluded him from consideration. One of the brothers, Wolf von Zolnhart, proposed his candidacy for the post of grand master. His proposal went unopposed, and on 30 November 1393, he was elected unanimously as Grand Master.
Konrad opted to retain most of the policies of his predecessors. However, unlike them, he chose the path of diplomacy. He interfered with the
Thanks to his clever policy, he obtained
In 1398, King
The threat of war on all sides forced Konrad to seek agreement with one of his rivals. In that situation, he decided to make diplomatic overtures to
He died after a long illness on 30 March 1407 in Marienburg. He was buried in the mausoleum of the great masters under the chapel of St. Anne. According to the Chronicle of Gdańsk, the dying Grand Master warned the Teutonic dignitaries against choosing his militant brother as a successor and called him a fool.
References
- Friedrich Borchert: "Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens in Preußen." In: Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, 6 October 2001.
- C. A. Lückerath: Article K. v. Jungingen in Dictionary of the Middle Ages
- Bernhart Jähnig (1980), "Konrad von Jungingen", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 517–518; (full text online)
- Casimir Bumiller, Magdalene Wulfmeier: Konrad und Ulrich von Jungingen, Beiträge zur Biografie der beiden Deutschordenshochmeister, Geiger-Verlag, Horb a. Neckar 1995
- Sebastian Kubon: Die Außenpolitik des Deutschen Ordens unter Hochmeister Konrad von Jungingen (1393–1407) (= Nova mediaevalia. Quellen und Studien zum europäischen Mittelalter. Volume 15). V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 3-8471-0537-X.