Konrad von Erlichshausen
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Reign1441 - 1449
PredecessorPaul von Rusdorf
SuccessorLudwig von Erlichshausen
Born1390 or 1395
Ellrichshausen, Swabia
Died1449
Malbork Castle

Konrad von Erlichshausen or Ellrichshausen, was born in 1390 or 1395 at Ellrichshausen, near Satteldorf in Swabia and died in 1449 in the Malbork Castle. He was the 30th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order he led from 1441 to 1449. He was succeeded by his cousin Ludwig von Erlichshausen.

References

  • Klaus-Eberhard Murawski (1980), "Konrad von Erlichshausen", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 12, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 518–519; (full text online)
  • Lohmeyer (1877), "Konrad von Erlichshausen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 223–226
  • Friedrich Borchert, Die Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens in Preußen appeared in Preußischen Allgemeinen Zeitung on 16 November 2002
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