Ulrich von Jungingen

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Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 – July 15, 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407-10. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland led to disaster for the Order in the Battle of Grunwald.

Born in Jungingen in southwestern Germany, Ulrich moved to the Ordenstaat in Prussia and resided in Schlochau (Człuchów). He was Komtur of Balga (1396 – 1404) and Marshal and Komtur of Königsberg (1404–07). When his elder brother Grand Master Konrad von Jungingen died in 1407, Ulrich was chosen the next grand master.

Ulrich led the German forces against Poland and Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War. However, he was killed in the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg) in 1410.

The painting Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko supposedly illustrates the moment when Ulrich, dressed in white with a black cross, is killed by infantry when trying to attack Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania.

[edit] Literatur

• Maschke, Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens
• Maschke, Domus Hospitalis Theutonicorum
• Zimmerling, Der Deutsche Ritterorden
• Sonthofen, Der deutsche Orden
• Markov, Helmert: Schlachten der Weltgeschichte

[edit] External links

• Ulrich von Jungingen, Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens (um 1360 - 1410), Christoph Bitter (German)
• Webpage of the town of Jungingen, with drawings of the brothers (German)