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Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 – 15 July 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and lead to disaster for his Order, and his own death, at the Battle of Grunwald .
The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led respectively by King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila), and Grand Duke Vytautas, decisively defeated the German Teutonic Order, led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. Most of the Teutonic Order's leadership were killed or taken prisoner.
Ulrich von Jungingen (* um 1360 vermutlich auf Burg Hohenfels, heute Landkreis Konstanz; † 15. Juli 1410 bei Tannenberg) entstammte dem schwäbischen Adel und war in den Jahren 1407 bis 1410 Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens. Als Oberster Gebietiger des Deutschordensstaats erklärte er 1409 dem in Personalunion mit dem Großfürstentum Litauen ...
Hochmeister Ulrich von Jungingen. Ulrich von Jungingen (8 January 1360 – 15 July 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and lead to disaster for his Order, and ...
Jan 2, 2019 · In response to this support, the Teutonic Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen threatened to invade. This statement induced the Kingdom of Poland to join with Lithuania in opposing the Knights.
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The Teutonic Knights contested the sincerity of Jagiellon’s conversion and, in 1409, their choleric Grand Master, Ulrich von Jungingen, declared war on Poland and Lithuania.
These included, of course, Hochmeister Ulrich von Jungingen, Deutschmeister (“Grand Marshal”) Frederick von Wallenrode, Grosskomtur (“Grand Commander”) Kuno von Liechtenstein, considered one of the greatest swordsman of the 15th century, and Trapier (“Quartermaster”) Albrecht von Schwarzenberg.
