The
Coats of Arms of the Hochmeisters
of
the Teutonic Order - German Order
The coat of arms representing the grand master (Deutschmeisterwappen)
is shown with a golden cross fleury or cross potent superimposed on the black cross, with the imperial eagle as a central
inescutcheon. The golden cross potent overlaid on the black cross becomes widely used by the 14th century, developing into
a golden cross fleury by the 15th century. A legendary account attributes the introduction of the cross potent to John of
Brienne, King of Jerusalem, who granted the master of the order this cross as a variation of the Jerusalem cross, while the
fleur-de-lis was supposedly granted on 20 August 1250 by Louis IX of France. While this legendary account cannot be traced
back further than the early modern period (Christoph Hartknoch, 1684) there is some evidence that the design does indeed
date to the mid 13th century.
Heinrich I Walpot von Bassenheim
, 1198-1200.
Otto von
Kerpen , 1200-1208.
Konrad I of Thuringia
, 1239-1240.
Gerhard von Malberg
, 1241-1244.
Heinrich III von Hohenlohe
, 1244-1249.
Gunther von
Wüllersleben, 1249-1252.
Poppo von
Osterna , 1252-1257.
Hanno von
Sangershausen , 1257-1273.
Hartmann von Helbrungen
, 1273-1282.
Burkhard
von Scwanden , 1282-1290.
Konrad II von Feuchtwangen
, 1290-1296.
Gottfried von Hohenlohe
, 1296-1303.
Siegfried von
Feuchtwangen , 1303-1311.
Karl Bessart
, 1311-1324.
Werner von Orselen , 1324-1330.
Lothar of Brunswick
, 1331-1335.
Dietrich von
Altenburg , 1335-1341.
Ludolf Konig von
Wattzau , 1342-1345 .
Heinrich IV Dusener
von Arfberg , 1345-1351.
Winrich von Kniprode
, 1351-1382.
Konrad III Zollner
von Rothstein , 1382-1390.
Konrad IV von Wallenrode
, 1391-1393.
Konrad V von Juningen ,
1393-1407.
Heinrich von
Plauen, 1410-1413.
Michael Kuchenmeister
von Sternberg , 1414-1422.
Paul Belenzer von
Ruszdorf , 1423-1440.
Konrad VI von Erlichshausen
, 1441-1449.
Ludwig von Erlichshausen
, 1450-1467.
Heinrich VI von
Reuss , 1467-1470.
Heinrich VII
Reffle von Richtenberg , 1470-1477.
Martin Truchsetz
von Wetzhausen , 1477-1489.
Johann von Tieffen
, 1489-1497.
Friedrich of Saxony
, 1497-1510.
Albrecht of Brandenburg
, 1510-1525.
Walter von Cronberg,
1527-1543.
Wolfgang Schutzbar ,
1543-1566.
Georg Hundt von Weckheim , 1566-1572.
Heinrich VIII
von Bobenhausen , 1572-1590.
Maximillian
II of Austria - 1590-1618.
Karl of Austria
- 1619-1624.
Johann Eustach von
Westernach - 1625-1627.
Johann Kasper I von
Stadion - 1627-1641.
Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
- 1641-1662.
Karl Josef of Austria
- 1662-1664.
Johann Kasper II
von Ampringen - 1664-1684.
Ludwig Anton of Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1685-1694.
Ludwig Franz of Palatinate-Neuburg
- 1694-1732.
Clemens August of
Bavaria - 1732-1761.
Charles Alexander
of Lorraine - 1761-1780.
Maximillian Franz
of Austria - 1780-1801.
Karl II of Austria
- 1801-1804.
Anton Viktor of Austria
- 1804-1835.
Maximillian of Austria-Este - 1835-1863.
Wilhelm Franz Karl of Austria
- 1863-1894.
Archduke
Eugen of Austria - 1894-1923.
Karl Friedrich of Germany - 2002-
Dr. Norbert Klein - 1923-29
Paul Heider - 1933-1936
Robert Schalzky - 1936-1948
Dr. Marian Tumler
- 1948-1970
Ildefons Pauler
- 1970-1988
Dr. Arnold Othmar Wieland
- 1988-2000
Dr Bruno Platter
- 2000-2018
Frank
Bayard - 2018-
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