Ruler · 1440 – 1497

Johann von Tiefen

Lived 1440 – 1497; diplomat, military personnel. Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights of State of the Teutonic Order, 1498 – 1510.

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Lived: 1440 – 1497; 57 years
In office: 12 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 33rd of 36 dated reigns · 1209 – 1543

29 before

Heinrich Reuß von Plauen1470 – 1477

Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg1477 – 1489

Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen1489 – 1497

Johann von Tiefen1498 – 1510

Frederick of Saxony1511 – 1525

Albert, Duke of Prussia1511 – 1525

Walter von Cronberg1527 – 1543

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 1498 – 1510 · 12 years · came to it aged 58

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1510, after the death recorded in 1497

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