Gottfried Von Hohenlohe

Gottfried von Hohenlohe (1265 – 19 October 1310) was the 14th Grand Master of the

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, serving from 1297 to 1303. Hohenlohe was born to Kraft von Hohenlohe and Willeborg von Wertheim and hailed from the rich

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family of Burg Hohlach, near

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. He was also a relative of a previous grand master, Heinrich von Hohenlohe. Hohenlohe joined the Teutonic Order in 1279 and became a Komtur in

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in 1290. In 1294 he advanced to Deutschmeister, the position of the Master of the branch of the Order within

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. As a close associate of Grand Master

Konrad von Feuchtwangen Konrad von Feuchtwangen ( en, Conrad of Feuchtwangen) (before 1230 – 4 July 1296 in Prague) was the 13th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1290 to 1296. Biography He was probably descended from a ministerial family connected with th ...

, he was chosen as his successor by the

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in 1297. Hohenlohe was regarded as passive concerning further involvement of the Teutonic Order in

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and Livonia, as well as not having listened to requests made by these provinces. The order's

assembled in Memel requested Hohenlohe's resignation, which he signed in Elbing on October 18, 1303. Hohenlohe left Prussia and settled in Germany where he received a

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. He tried to reestablish himself as grand master, but this claim was rejected by his fellow knight-brothers, who had selected Siegfried von Feuchtwangen. Hohenlohe resided in Ulm until he moved to

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in 1307 where he died. He was buried in

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Gottfried von Hohenlohe (1265 – 19 October 1310) was the 1 ...

Burials at St. Elizabeth's Church, Marburg