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Teutonic Order Grand Masters

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  1. 1198– 1208 Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim
  2. 1208 Otto von Kerpen
  3. 1208–1209 Heinrich von Tunna
  4. 1209–1239 Hermann von Salza. As a friend and councillor of emperor Frederick II, Hermann achieved the recognition of the order as of equal status with the older military orders of the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar by Pope Honorius III. In 1237, he also oversaw the incorporation of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword into the Teutonic order.
  5. 1239–1240 Konrad von Thüringen
  6. 1240–1244 Gerhard von Malberg
  7. 1244–1249 Heinrich von Hohenlohe
  8. 1249–1252 Gunther von Wüllersleben
  9. 1252–1256 Poppo von Osterna (the pretender Wilhelm von Urenbach (1253–1256) was chosen in opposition to Poppo von Osterna)
  10. 1256–1273 Anno von Sangershausen
  11. 1273–1282 Hartmann von Heldrungen
  12. 1282 or 1283 –1290 Burchard von Schwanden
  13. 1290–1297 Konrad von Feuchtwangen. After the fall of Acre, Konrad moved the Order's headquarters to Venice.
  14. 1297–1303 Gottfried von Hohenlohe
  15. 1303–1311 Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, of the same family as his predecessor Konrad von Feuchtwangen. Siegfried moved the order's headquarters to Prussia in 1309.
  16. 1311–1324 Karl von Trier
  17. 1324–1330 Werner von Orseln
  18. 1331–1335 Luther von Braunschweig (Lothar)
  19. 1335–1341 Dietrich von Altenburg
  20. 1342–1345 Ludolf König von Wattzau
  21. 1345–1351 Heinrich Dusemer
  22. 1351–1382 Winrich von Kniprode
  23. 1382–1390 Konrad Zöllner von Rotenstein
  24. 1391–1393 Konrad von Wallenrode
  25. 1393–1407 Konrad von Jungingen
  26. 1407–1410 Ulrich von Jungingen
  27. 1410–1413 Heinrich von Plauen
  28. 1414–1422 Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg
  29. 1422–1441 Paul von Rusdorf
  30. 1441–1449 Konrad von Erlichshausen
  31. 1449 or 1450–1467 Ludwig von Erlichshausen
  32. 1467–1470 Heinrich Reuß von Plauen
  33. 1470–1477 Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg
  34. 1477–1489 Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen
  35. 1489–1497 Johann von Tiefen
  36. 1497–1510 Frederick, Duke of Saxony
  37. 1510–1525 Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  38. 1527–1543 Walter von Cronberg
  39. 1543–1566 Wolfgang Schutzbar
  40. 1566–1572 Georg Hund von Wenkheim
  41. 1572–1590 Heinrich von Bobenhausen
  42. 1590–1618 Maximilian of Austria
  43. 1619–1624 Karl I of Austria
  44. 1625–1627 Johann Eustach von Westernach
  45. 1627–1641 Johann Kaspar von Stadion
  46. 1641–1662 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
  47. 1662–1664 Archduke Karl Josef of Austria
  48. 1664–1684 Johann Caspar von Ampringen
  49. 1685–1694 Ludwig Anton of Palatinate–Neuburg
  50. 1694–1732 Ludwig Franz of Palatinate–Neuburg
  51. 1732–1761 Prince Clemens August of Bavaria
  52. 1761–1780 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
  53. 1780–1801 Maximilian Franz of Austria
  54. 1801–1804 Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
  55. 1804–1835 Archduke Anton Victor of Austria (office becomes hereditary to Imperial House of Austria)
  56. 1835–1863 Archduke Maximilian of Austria–Este
  57. 1863–1894 Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria
  58. 1894–1923 Archduke Eugen of Austria (end of hereditary status)
  59. 1923–1933: Norbert Klein
  60. 1933–1936: Paul Heider
  61. 1936–1948: Robert Schälzky
  62. 1948–1970: Marian Tumler
  63. 1970–1988: Ildefons Pauler
  64. 1988–2000: Arnold Wieland
  65. 2000–2018: Bruno Platter
  66. 2018–present: Frank Bayard

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