Teutonic Knights - Organization and Function

[@stefanvella9807]

I'm fascinated by the Teutonic Knights

[@visvirtutis8441]

I would like to hear more on their role during the 6th crusade of HRE Friedrich II.

[@echoofhistory7583]

Interesting and informative video. However, I want to start from a question. In all sources that I read I found that Teutonic knights were expelled because they wanted to gain influence in Hungary that is why the king in fear of that he send the Teutonic order away. So which variant is more plausible? The facts about military and administrative structure were interesting. To the Baltic lands they brought war but also few other things to such as bricks, crossbows, cabbage and very efficient administrative system. These things really sometimes are overlooked. Thank you for bringing that up. I am really looking forward for new videos about crusades in Baltic region.

[@assurbanipalsardanapalus5382]

In the early 13th century the Hungarian nobility grew envious of the German Nobles in Hungary because those Foreigners were favoured of the Crown. The Queen of Hungary, which had German origin, was murdered because of that. During that time the pope gave the order another privilege to exempt their lands , which were already basically independent, from the crown. King Andrew II. of Hungary was then pressured by his nobles to remove the Knights, which he then did. The Order did not try to increase their influence in Hungary but they attempted to get independence for their lands.

[@jameskustelski]

Great video! Most of my fathers family came from northern Poland and I always wondered if any of them ever participated. I know there is a Hospitaller temple in the town of Skarszewy where some of them came from and I wanted to ask if you knew what if any the Hospitallers were involved in the northern crusades?

[@Thor-Orion]

Do you know Marlbork Castle? That’s one of the most famous Teutonic Knight castles still standing. It’s pretty awesome. But if the Hospitallers have structures there they were probably involved somehow, you know what I mean?

[@ottosaxo]

There is no doubt that Hospitallers from that place would have been involved in the northern crusades. The actual problem is a different one. Becoming a knight was a matter of the upper class. By far the most people in that time were peasants, belonging to a knight. They were lucky if they could afford shoes for their families. They could never be knights themselves. It's true that they could get involved in fights, if hostile armies entered their master's territory. But their weapons were knives, scythes, axes and pitchforks, and maybe a captured sword of an enemy, until their master, the knight, took it away.

[@frostghost75_6]

The Teutonics really love decorating their helmets tho

[@himmelreich2165]

The push 2 the OST/east. Bavaria was already over-populated, so farmers went 2 Prussia . 'Mary verse of the Teutonic Knights' and 'Origins of Prussianism' by Heinrich Von Treitschke , 4 those who care 2 read more on this most excellent subject.

[@magnus3716]

Excellent content.

[@quillinkhistory9539]

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[@l.p.8041]

DEUS VULT

[@checkcheck1579]

assemble! you mean voltes v? right? in canadian.

[@AnnhilateTheNihilist]

3 Native Prussians be like "you take that back"

[@Thor-Orion]

6:50 that famous German organizational skill.

[@Thor-Orion]

14:40 Wasn’t the great need for German speakers who could translate for the German speaking pilgrims one of the major reasons for the founding of the Teutonic Order in the first place? Or am I just making that up? I thought I read that somewhere, but again, you’ll definitely know better than me, so correct me if I’m wrong on that.

[@Klibanophoros]

They were expelled, because king Andrew did not want a crusader state to be formed within his own kingdom, since the order was not a subject to the monarch. From where I know, the Teutons started to overstep their boundaries and this lead to their expulsion.

[@josefantonio9366]

Great video!!!

[@heinzfischer2710]

Teutonic knights? Their name is "Deutscher Ritterorden", German knights order is the correct translation! They were military monks like the Hospitalers and the Templars, but different from them not subject to the pope, but to the emperor of what was the "Holy Roman empire of German nation". Their monastic order was nearly identical to the one of the Templars. Who are the Teutons? The Teutons were a Germanic tribe who before Cesar's time invaded northern Italy and were beaten. Since then there is no news about them! Heaven knows why English-speaking literature speaks of the Teutonic kights. The German knights order was founded during the 3rd crusade in Accra, and existed for centuries. But the Teutons appeared before Cesar, and then were never heard of again!

[@Thor-Orion]

Isn’t that forest where Arminius destroyed three legions called Teutoberg? It’s just such a Roman thing to do, labeling everyone in an area to be the same as the first people you encounter in the region. The name Germanic was the name of a single tribe that was then applied to the entire region east of the Rhine! Besides, Teutonic sounds cool. I’m more Germanic than anything else and I’m rather fond of the word.

[@Tommy-5684]

is there any way you could further enunciate on why it was that the region of Prussia was connected with the virgin Mary or is this not known?

[@Vitalis94]

I know your comment is very old, but I decided to comment nevertheless. First of all, it was not the region of Prussia that was called like that, but Livonia, modern day Latvia and Estonia. It was called Livonia because of the Finno-Ugric speaking Livs or Livonians. The base of the operation for the crusaders was based in Riga and the surrounding areas, which were Livonian. It was during that time, that the Baltic speaking Letts (proto-Latvians) began to spread to the north. So, as the conquest of the region went further and further, the crusaders had not only the Finnic Livs living under their rule, but various Baltic and Estonian people. So, the Pope Innocent III declared the land to be called Terra Mariana, Terra Matris, or Terra beate Virginis (St.Mary's Land). As the region was pagan before that, it had no real connotations with Mary. It seems that the name was choosen to boost the morale of the Crusaders. They conquered the land for the Mother of Christ, after all. Long story short, it was rather called like that randomly, with no real reasons for it, as far as I know.

[@KenDelloSandro7565]

I believe that the Pope consecrated Livonia to The Blessed Mother . When this is done, the land is given to The Madonna, put under her protective mantle and therefore it becomes Her Land. It's one of, if not the greatest ceremony and most powerful blessing that a Bishop (Pope) can perform over a territory. It's sacred and special because it takes the land from the secular and puts it to sacred use. It becomes Our Lady's Dowry.

[@philodendron6]

The Order exists to this day, headquarters in Vienna.

[@ThriftySteve]

At the beginning you mention the Knights of... Dabren?

[@buninparadise9476]

Dobrzyn (Order of Dobrzyń)

[@RealSavages]

I was first but someone beat me to it ... does that make sense? Lol. Great video !

[@Mike-ey8ce]

Thank you! DEUS VULT!

[@Bodlasona]

Interesting story...But what is so special about hidden secret special forces such as Teutonic knights, you have that even in the ancient military (Egypt, Persia, Rome, ByzantyJapan, Ottomans)...Alright, they were pretty religious ...So!?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

What's your point? This is just a discussion of the history of the Teutonic Knights.