Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

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Coat of arms of the great master of the Teutonic Knights

Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (German der Hochmeister) - the official title of the head of the Teutonic Knights from 1198 to 1929.

The Grand Master was chosen for life by a general chapter composed of national masters, religious dignitaries and members of the convention of the capital. The great master was the head of the Order and the ruler of the state of the Teutonic Order, the chief commander of the Teutonic Order. His power was not unlimited. He had to count on the opinion of the General Chapter, which was gathering every year on 14 September, and with the voice of the convention of the capital, which he himself had been the commander of. He was constantly accompanied by a controller called. companion.

After the arrival of the great masters of Malbork, she formed a great master, not included in the statute, a council of religious dignitaries, consisting of five dignitaries: the great commander, the great marshal, the great hospital, the great garrison, the great treasurer, and one of the commanders. These six formed a strict council, which was sometimes extended by the inclusion of monastic (Malbork and Kinshasa) and some of the commanders. These councils increasingly limited the power of the great masters, beginning with the end of the fourteenth century. Despite these limitations, the great master still had the seriousness of being able to appoint and dismiss all the dignitaries and officials, and at the head of the army. Bibliography

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