Ruler · 1250 – 1341

Dietrich von Altenburg

Lived 1250 – 1341. Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights of State of the Teutonic Order, 1342 – 1345.

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Lived: 1250 – 1341; 91 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; State of the Teutonic Order
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

State of the Teutonic Order · the 17th of 36 dated reigns · 1209 – 1543

13 before

Karl von Trier1324 – 1330

Werner von Orseln1331 – 1335

Luther von Braunschweig1335 – 1341

Dietrich von Altenburg1342 – 1345

Ludolf König von Wattzau1345 – 1351

Winrich von Kniprode1351 – 1382

Heinrich Dusemer1351 – 1382

16 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1342 – 1345 · 3 years · came to it aged 92

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1345, after the death recorded in 1341

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