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Commander (Italian: Commendatore; French: Commandeur; German:
Komtur; Spanish: Comendador; Portuguese: Comendador), or
Knight Commander, is a
title of...
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Hitzkirch before becoming the
Komtur of Köniz (present Switzerland) and
advancing in 1277 to the rank of a
regional Komtur of
Thuringia and Saxony. He became...
- in its four angles. The
lions came as
standard for the
grand cross and
Komtur, but were only on knight's
crosses as a
special honour. On the
upper arm...
- were
combined into
commanderies that were
administered by a
commander (
Komtur).
Several commanderies were
combined to form a
bailiwick headed by a Landkomtur...
- was also the
territorial division of the
Teutonic Order. Here,
various Komtur(en)
formed a
Ballei province. The term
originated in
France (bailie being...
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Order constructed a
large fortress,
which became the seat of the knights'
Komtur. In 1346 they
changed the Town Law of the city,
which then
consisted only...
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Grand Master Paul von
Rusdorf 1436-40,
Komtur of Schönsee (Wąbrzeźno) near
Thorn (Toruń) (1442–47), and
Komtur of Mewe (Gniew) (1446–50).
After the death...
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Heinrich Reuß von Plauen. In 1474 he
became the
Komtur of
Memel and two
years later, the
Grand Komtur. He
represented the
Teutonic Order on
several diplomatic...
- when he
became Komtur of Weißenburg. In 1558, he
became Komtur of Frankfurt.
Prior to
being elected Grandmaster in 1566, he was
Komtur of the Franconian...
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Supply Forces Albrecht von Schwartzburg, and ten of the
komturs.
Marquard von Salzbach,
Komtur of
Brandenburg (Ushakovo) and
Heinrich Schaumburg, voigt...
