Structure of the Teutonic Order DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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Thanks you kingsandgenerals for doing a video on the topic I chose! Your My favorite KZbin channel ever! Thanks for doing what you do! you made my day!😊

[@ghostwriterj9421]

The most realistic is the absolute doofs leaking military info for clout 😵‍💫

[@johnsteiner3417]

"They blessed Bishop Adalberg of Prague with martyrdom...." Now that's the funniest way of saying he was put into the ground as I've heard on this channel.😆

[@KingsandGenerals]

happy to serve

[@ibrahimkayikci2146]

Does it mean that he dieded?

[@MarfSantangelo]

@@ibrahimkayikci2146 Yes, most likely a brutal demise, given the context.

[@khankristian]

"They blessed Bishop Adalberg of Prague with martyrdom" love the depth in that statement.

[@GAarcher]

9:35 *I mean, martyrdom is a way to heaven, that sounds very blessing of this blessing*

[@ronjohnson6916]

Fascinating. So much more to the order than I was aware of.

[@generalcartmanlee1285]

12:00 “a haus, the German term for a house” 😂

[@admiralleel6604]

This floor seems to be made out of floor.

[@linktheheroofhyrule2498]

Germanic language moment

[@dr_gamerhind]

so... does Maus mean mouse?

[@Artur_M.]

@@dr_gamerhind Ja! I mean, yes.

[@FastTquick]

That moment you realize English is a Germanic language. 😊

[@apollosdomain]

Can you a video on the Knights Templar, one of the most popular and probably wealthiest Knightly order of medieval Europe. When and why it was founded, how did it function, which major conflicts they participated in, some of the well known members and ultimately what led to their demise.

[@Klyce]

Never heard of her

[@daddust]

As if there aren’t tens of thousands of videos on them because conspiracy.

[@Faolan03]

I think they already made a video about them

[@alexkirtley8649]

Never played assassins creed ​@@Klyce

[@abasudoh7459]

I think they did this already, no? If not them then either Invicta or HistoryMarche

[@kraytsclaw6747]

Thanks for making this the Teutonic order is my favorite Christian military order, and it’s nice to know that they allowed loved ones not to separate.

[@HellDuke-]

Dang...Such a comment feels so weird 😆 Imagine someone saying "The Nazi Germany is my favorite dictatorship" 😆

[@RedEyedWolfTV]

@@HellDuke- My favourite Dictatorship is the Mongol Empire.

[@mickethegoblin7167]

​@@HellDuke- wtf are you on

[@deathcompanybattlebrother]

​@@mickethegoblin7167 He forgot his meds

[@HellDuke-]

​@@mickethegoblin7167 consider your own countries history. Was there any enemy that threatened your country, whether it rebellions or an opposing nation that your country managed to beat back and survive. Now imagine reading someone say "Oh, those guys were cool". Would probably feel weird wouldn't it? Nazi Germany is just a common enemy everyone agrees to put on the side of evil, so you'd probably think it's weird that someone finds them cool, right?

[@jonbaxter2254]

Teutonic Knights, my beloved... Such a cool sigil too.

[@viviennebenet1991]

Greetings from Poland! You should make an episode about Hermann von Salza, Winrich von Kniprode, and the golden age of the Teutonic Order!

[@linguaLatinae]

Yes 👍 Hermann von Salza is so underrated

[@r.coburn3344]

Agreed! Here's hoping they continue, I want to know everything there is to know about the Teutonic order.

[@Jakalbow]

Yes!! I’ve been dying to see you cover the Teutonic Order. Stay awesome guys. 🤙🏻

[@PMC_Grunt]

Something that I've noticed on every video on Teutonic conquest in the Baltics is that Samogitian lands are always included within the Crusader lands. A common misconception. Nobody truly controlled the Samogitian lands up until 1430ish, not even the Lithuanians. They are the Scotland of the Baltics in essence. The only reason that it is believed that Teutons controlled these lands was via order of king Jogaila when he granted them lands that he didn't own and that Crusaders couldn't secure. Despite that I love your channel, it is always nice to get new perspectives. Can't wait for more videos :]

[@linguaLatinae]

The Teutonic Order is so cool. The scenario of a knightly order in an icy marshland surrounded by pagan tribes would make a cool movie or series

[@xhagast]

Vikings with castles and more praying.

[@marcbartuschka6372]

Lets say that would be complicated. First the nationalistic stories of the lands the Knights ruled over did (with some reason) has not the best memory towards them. Their conquest was brutal and full of religious bigottery, and of course both Polish and also Baltic and Russian national myths despise them as enemies.Second and more important, their conquest was idealized by radical German Nationalists a lot and that left with good reason a foul taste in the mouth of many, since both thr Freikorps after the First World War and the Nazis did pay a lot respect towards them (or the picture they had from them). They were "perfect" example for the stupid story of that it needed German to "civilize" the lands (and look down on the native people). No wonder that they are not liked. So to make them the heroes is difficult, to say the least, and I would understand iwant to avoid such things.

[@KashTube-n8y]

​@@xhagastVikings attacked those they thought were easy prey. Case in point they didn't raid Iberia very much. Never understood the fascination of Americans with those rapists and raiders.

[@linguaLatinae]

@@marcbartuschka6372 A movie wouldn’t have to portray them as perfect heroes without mistakes. It could just aim to show their perspective as realistic as possible. Both their religious zealousness, but also their bad views of pagan tribes. They started because of a call to help from Poland, so it could also show the worsening of relations between Poland and the Teutonic State.

[@xhagast]

@@KashTube-n8y It astonishes me the pathetic size and power of the armies involved. The Saxon invasion of Britain involved larger armies, and the Britons managed to hold out for decades. Britain's standing Roman garrison amounted to 15,000 men plus auxiliaries. "Scholars" debate whether the Dark Ages really existed. I have no doubts. The Vikings stood out in an age of utter misery and barbarism. The series Vikings watches like a documentary in the senseless atrocities of the Maras in El Salvador.

[@NathanS__]

Oh it's only been a century since the Hospitaller episode

[@noahlee4812]

0:51 I know you were feeling yourself with that one 😂

[@brainflash1]

I sure hope the marriage restriction doesn't come back to bite them in the ass when they suddenly need a influx of new members to replace a sudden massive loss in numbers.

[@pascalleerens960]

Excellent video as always. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Knightly orders are back? Hope the Templars are close to finally being released as well 😅

[@joshlesure3196]

Excellent in-depth, and insightful look at such a fascinating order of knights. I've always loved learning about different types of European knight orders, and I look forward to more videos like this!

[@MML-gk5xc]

The Battle of Lake Peipus would be interesting

[@gui2683]

Another great vídeo, comeback with another serie

[@Algenro]

Thanks for accepting my request.

[@ewok40k]

One can see the roots of Prussian military meritocracy here...

[@Godfrey544]

And the modern institutional state

[@kobusburger4485]

Love this. Recently played the Dukes of the West campaigns in Age of Empires 2. This sparked me to delve into Jan Hus and the Teutonic Order. Can’t wait for the next one!

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video they are my favorite military medieval order ⚔️

[@cubaj8723]

I’m so hyped for this new series! The Teutonic Knights were always my favorite!

[@TahaAlhimyary]

Damn this is some of WARHAMMER 40K lore

[@Alpha_Digamma]

It's more like Warhammer 40K took inspiration from history.

[@ulqinaku8471]

Maybe because they are based on Teutonic history?

[@richbob9155]

most of warhammer is inspired by history, its one of the things that make it so great.

[@Astatine95]

And just as devious and oppressive.

[@Widsith83]

High Marshal Helbrecht aproves this.⚔️

[@bowenc24]

They had such a simple look, but it looks so good.

[@maskedm3owllin68]

well researched. my thanks to the whole team for their effort. i have to admit the teutonic order had one of the finest governance structures i have seen in all orders.

[@MyLateralThawts]

Thank you, as someone who is primarily a descendant of the old Prussians, I truly appreciate your video.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Finally your doing a video on the Crusader Knights no one ever talks about!

[@daddust]

Crusading against Christians.

[@lawrencevanafrika9898]

Voltaire: "Where some states have an army, the Prussian Army has a state." This is why I love history, the patterns that are found throughout human history are just amazing.

[@AA-mf3om]

Will you mention the livonian brothers of the sword in the next episode?

[@KingsandGenerals]

Likely

[@JohnnyElRed]

A religious military order that appointed the rulers of their lands not amongst hereditary terms, but by selecting who they thought was more appropriate for the role? With those not doing a good job being substituted for others? No wonder Poland and other Medieval feudal kingdoms didn't liked that.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Isn't that how every government works?

[@daddust]

What with Poland being an elective monarchy. My ancestors objected to Germans conquering them in the name of religion while they were Christians. Now go and play with your Knights Templar and watch some Tommy Robinson videos.

[@joshuafrimpong244]

Pretty sure it was due to them killing other Christians

[@flAMe9610]

@@alfrancisbuada2591 You wish. Democracy today does not work like that, positions of power are filled with people that have gained influence irrespectable of their ability, this is why ministry jobs in western countries are always filled with people that have no credentials for the actual position. As a German for example I can't remember the last time our defense minister actually served in the army or had any kind of experience at all in that field and they are never replaced until their term ends no matter how bad they were at their job.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

@@flAMe9610 I don't want to get political here, as I have lost so many of these online spats. But you know how do we know if they are good? That's a shallow question, but I live in a third-world country.

[@jameseisterhold2000]

I can’t tell you how excited I get when I see an upload as I’m scrolling through videos

[@Numba003]

I've heard of the Teutonic knights alongside the others and even their country in Europe, but I don't think I've ever listened to an in depth breakdown of their structure as an order before. This was fascinating. Thank you! I look forward to the next one! God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@ricardoandresblancoquijano9040]

Video of the Iberian military orders, please. God bless you.

[@vectorstrike]

I komtur! I meant, I concur!

[@jozzieokes3422]

Simply amazing!

[@JustGrowingUp84]

The organization of the Order, and the way it managed its lands and subjects, is very interesting. One wonders what would have happened if, instead of collapsing, the Order would have managed to adapt, survive and even thrive to a more modern time - what kind of society would have evolved? It also makes for an interesting fantasy setting - I'm sure there are plenty of similar states in fantasy media!

[@majorearl12]

I actually did this to a certain extent. I played Age of History 2 as the Teutonic Order into the 15th century. My conquest was basically eastern US and almost exactly the Third Reich's lands before Barbarossa. From here i stated that the government would change and adapt into a Monarchy like the German Empire, then would mold into a Constitutional Monarchy and then a Republic. The Teutonic Order would play a backseat and be essentially a higher-than-Government Police force, they would ensure the government would serve the people, running hospitals, and stick to their roots on serving people. But also a military arm to ensure that evil wouldn't rise. Didnt stop nazis and a second world war, but the Teutonic States of America ended up assisting in a Battle of Berlin (without a fullscale invasion of Europe) that ended the war. From here the Teutonic Order became like a Secret Service for the leaders under the Teuton Name, and still worked to help the poor and weak.

[@w_mw_m5851]

10:36 I love how the King's icon, after initially being shown larger than the other two, was then reduced to match their size, as to show that them being even.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"Which was alternatively referred to as a "Haus," the German term for a house." Mind blown.

[@RubberToeYT]

Very interesting video on a topic I really dont know much about, looking forward to future additions

[@AlexanderRodriguez-dd1eq]

Yessss more Teutonic Order videos

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

More knightly orders, please! 🍻

[@pakshirajan8585]

Please make a video on Harshavardhana. As usual Awesome video.

[@chaskafitzpatrick6577]

Been looking forward to this for months 😁

[@HistoryofthePast-g4u]

The video is really captivating!

[@SuperKonjac]

Amazing work, truly.

[@WizardF1sh]

pls knights hospitaller

[@scar4361]

I concur. Their origin video is great, but their Order has such storied history that it barely scratches the surface.

[@lovebaltazar4610]

they have made a video about them

[@lowenergyvideos4658]

"Catch you on the next one. Catch you" Sent a chill down my spine XD

[@NovaRoma-l]

I think that making a video/mini seires about the smaller orders would be really interesting like the knights of saint Lazarus and especially about the knights of the holy sepulchre

[@KingsandGenerals]

noted

[@NovaRoma-l]

@@KingsandGenerals You guys really are the best history channel love from Greece !

[@kyawnyinyi81]

Are you can read mind because i just thinking about Teutonic order 30 minutes ago btw thank you for the video

[@kingbonezai4925]

Please do the knights Hospitalar/St John/Malta (same order throughout history)

[@totalfreedom2408]

Surely you're going to talk about their arch nemesis the Grand Duchy of Lithuania? A lot of very interesting history between them.

[@BigBazz-Clips]

yey i was waiting on this since the last hospitilar one

[@MadMamluk88]

10:50 this all sounds good and fair on paper, but we all know how people are and chances are there were people who bent the rules

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for a great program! I can't wait for the next installment. 😎⚔🔥🛡✝

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@Kaiyanwang82]

A lot to unpack, especially in positive and negative legacies. Interesting.

[@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd]

Hey kings and generals. When you do World War 1&2 related content can you include a videos of famous authors and comic writers who served in either of those world wars (be it actually combat or not) : Tolkien, Dunsany, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, George Orwell James, Clavell, Lewis, Dahl, Asimov, Clark, Heinlein, Robert Graves, Hodgson, and A.A. Mine.

[@hansoskar1911]

Did they leak the inner working of the Teutonic Order on War Thunder?

[@KingsandGenerals]

very likely

[@vectorstrike]

LOL

[@tungphamthanh4336]

I love Teutonic Order

[@alializade5094]

love the content hope u make more teutonic content

[@emanuelskelaj9843]

Can you please do a video of the Albanians and their history because they are an underrated unique ethnic group that speak a distinct independent indo European branch. Find it interesting

[@majorearl12]

My favorite Knightly order. Even made a Space Marine Chapter off them.

[@agf05_zbn06]

interesting structure

[@socratesii91]

"Teutonic order" small group of nations defeat the biggest part of European nations. And the leader of this small army is a blind person. Amazing story

[@naebhor6931]

What's with the "laypeople"? The English word is "layman".

[@MadMamluk88]

Teutonic Knights: Slavs: I’m gonna end this man’s whole career

[@guilherme-anotherdayinpara1163]

More like ice ending their career than the Slavs.

[@HellDuke-]

Not just the slavs. Poland and Lithuania did quite the number on these orders

[@guilherme-anotherdayinpara1163]

@@HellDuke- Indeed With time, the support they had from the Holy Roman Empire and other Christian nations dwindled, and they began to gather more and more enemies, without making proper allies. They were picking up a fight with everyone, and so, didn't have the capacity to have any significant win against any of their surrounding great powers.

[@mickethegoblin7167]

They kicked the Slavs around before they fell

[@vectorstrike]

@@guilherme-anotherdayinpara1163 They also had less money as the cities got more and more autonomous. By the time they fell, their political and economic organization was obsolete and couldn't hold much longer.

[@BoHein-fx3nu]

i wait for it since crusade serie

[@JangianTV]

Deus Vult! ⚔️✝️

[@Alpha_Digamma]

Gott mit uns!

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

2:41 Begging your pardon but I believe that is actual Pope Sandler I

[@TheGuardianofblind]

Any chance to find particular tracks used in this video, like the one after 5:00? The music is always awesome on this channel, but this time I am in love with it!

[@AnglicanOrangutan]

Good stuff.

[@konigeurichderwestgoten4460]

Hunting was allowed. Not only for food, but it was believed to keep the men's killer instincts sharp and keep them from dying of boredom at the same time. There is nothing worse for soldiers than boredom.

[@vectorstrike]

IIRC, the hunting rules were more lax in the Baltics than in the Holy Land

[@corrbs4374]

I thought they discontinued the crusader orders and only did the hospitallers. But here we are! ❤❤❤

[@christianweibrecht6555]

This video needed more elaboration of how they transitioned from focusing on medical care to combat

[@vectorstrike]

I agree. It didn't talk about their presence in the Holy Land, like the Montfort castle.

[@kingbonezai4925]

So were the grey cloaks lay and could marry or were they like the knights in that regard?

[@alexamg6675]

I always knew there was some bureaucracy in knightly orders but wow incredible didn’t know regular nobles had to pay tribute to them

[@primoxanthous511]

yep after finishing their mission tree on EU4. you would have cavalry combat ability up to +150% if you also reform into Poland.

[@silasz5553]

Too bad You couldn't cover how the order operated in Transylvania before they got expelled by Andrew ,would be nice to hear about that period

[@montealegreluis5983]

teutonics: we are knigths Age Of Empire: Nou, your tanks

[@salvatorefanara482]

Love your content ❤❤❤❤❤

[@sidp5381]

I’m gonna be honest that you guys did this video when are we gonna get the redo of the battle of Grunwald? I feel like you guys should really do some of the old format. One of these days of you know single battles rather than an entire series it’ll be really helpful. I think with the algorithm as well, we haven’t had a redo of this video for seven years now

[@KingsandGenerals]

it will be remade down the line

[@vectorstrike]

Finally, the coolest order gets a video! DEUS VULT! I feel you guys should touch on their holdings in the Holy Land prior to the change to the Baltic and how Venice was important to the Order during those times.

[@natheriver8910]

Very fascinant 👏 🔥 👏 🔥 👏 🔥

[@JohannStadlmann-x7f]

Could you maybe make a video on all the spanish order like the one of Calatrava

[@Achillez098]

Welp, time to start another Teutonic Campaign in Medieval 2 Queue the Kingdoms battle theme!

[@technoguy1290]

is there a video about knights templar ?

[@ethanjavage8181]

ahh the teutonic order, the bane of my existence in EU4

[@mikeoakman6708]

Instead of fighting the common enemy, their greed led to them attacking yet another christians and ultimately to their fall

[@sirsaltysnell8367]

Deus Vult!

[@lucienlagarde8093]

Catholic church organisation whether it is church structure or military order it is absolutely amazing and something i am very interrested to learn

[@lerneanlion]

So when did the Baltic Prussians get fully assimilated into the German culture brought by the German settlers from the Holy Roman Empire? And why they failed to preserve their own culture to begin with? Was it because of the lack of the writing system? Or it was because the Teutonic Order ordered the forceful assimilation of their culture through the Christianization?

[@ukaszmuszynski9788]

@@lerneanlion Baltic Prussians were slouther by this great religious Group of friendly ,very more inteligent and with higher culture knights. We Polish masovians from Warsaw can only say sorry to our Baltic and all region cultures for bringing those barbarians who named them selfs after Empire which their put to the end(Roman Empire)

[@krzysztofkolodziejczyk4335]

there was no forcefull assimialation. once conquered Order didn't really care much about spiritual life and customs of Prussians. In fact they kinda wanted them to stay that way, since they could get more out of them in taxes, duties and military service, then from free settlers. In XVI century there was still several thousand Prussians that were pagans. still, they all ultimately slowly assimilated over time, nobles first, then the rest.

[@aglassofcacao8051]

Assimilated through time. Think of how dialects or languages die out. First they start adding a few German words into their vocabulary followed over the generations by adding more and more German words and sentence structuring. Until the original languages or dialect is gone besides some words and sayings. They got fully assimilated in 17th maybe even 18th century If i remember correctly. All the wars and pests ravaging Eastern Prussia also didnt help to keep the native Prussians alive longer either.

[@danvikkilmire6075]

Alright, let's get Tootin!

[@mktf5582]

Knights of the Garter (medieval).

[@MrRtslover]

aaaaaaand time to install medieval 2 total war again

[@kaiserwhence2468]

Basically black Templars chapter from Warhammer 40k :)

[@MrDaftFunk]

Furor Teutonicus

[@cristinakasselas555]

If there is anything one should take from this video that one is GAZA !

[@azzamfauzy3676]

It seemed like u were describing hospitallers at first

[@vectorstrike]

The Teutonic Order was quite similar to the Hospitallers at its beginning, to the point the Hospitallers tried to absorb it.

[@PASTRAMIKick]

it wouldn't surprise me if the (later) Kingdom of Prussia's cultural militarism could be traced back to the teutonic days of Prussia

[@KingsandGenerals]

For sure