Poppo von Osterna

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Poppo vonosterna (* around 1200 inosterohe near Nuremberg in Franconia ; † November 6, probably 1267) the 9th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights .

life

Poppo was a son of the Count of Wertheim and entered the Teutonic Order in 1227.

He was one of the first knights who crossed the Vistula in 1230 and initiated the subjugation and Christianization of Prussia . 1241 and 1244 to 1246 he was Landmeister in Prussia. That he took part in the Mongol battle near Liegnitz against Orda Khan in 1241 and was killed by the Mongols is a later legend. In 1244 he brought auxiliary troops from Austria to Prussia and fought successfully against Duke Swantopolk of Pommerellen .

In 1252/53 he was elected grand master of the order. As was usual for Grand Masters, he probably went afterwards to the Order's headquarters in Palestine , but was back in Prussia as early as 1254. In 1256 he resigned from the office of Grand Master and in 1264 received the commandery of Regensburg as his retirement home.

He can be last documented on June 9, 1267 in Regensburg. [2] His date of death is given as November 6th. He probably died in Silesia , in any case he was buried in St. Jacob's Church in Breslau .