Wilhelm von Urenbach
Wilhelm von Urenbach was chosen as the
papal Guelph
minority party.
Close co-operation of the Order with Emperor
House of Hohenstaufen caused a conflict with Pope Innocent IV
.
Previous Grand Masters Günther von Wüllersleben were keen allies of the pro-imperial Ghibelline party. The tense situation threatened the dissolution and excommunication
of the Order by the pope and caused a large number of the Teutonic Knights to turn against the excommunicated emperor, Frederick II.
The pro-papal alliance was led by Dietrich von Grüningen, the Master of the Livonian Order. The internal conflict was clearly seen during the meetings of the Order's capitulum to choose a new Grand Master in 1252. The majority supported Poppo von Osterna, but the minority, the opponents of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, chose Wilhelm von Urenbach as their own Grand Master.
Von Urenbach resided in
References
- OCLC 749170928.
- ^ Stanisław Franciszek Zajączkowski. History of the Teutonic Order . Łódź 1946.
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