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Woodcut arms of Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]
Arms of Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim. Used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad].
One of 34 woodcut illustrations, each hand-colored, of the coats of arms of the Hochmeister or Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic military (and initially hospitaller) order founded in the 12th century. The Teutonic Knights ruled Prussia (the subject of the volume in which these illustrations appear) from the 13th century until 1525 when their Hochmeister Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach converted to Lutheranism, secularized the territory and became the first Duke of Prussia.
DNB heading: Heinrich, ‡c Walpot, ‡d -1208
Established heading: Teutonic Knights
Established heading: Osterberger, Georg, ‡d d. ca. 1602
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 A100 584k
Woodcut arms of Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (hand-colored) used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad]
Arms of Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim. Used by Georg Osterberger of Königsberg [i.e. Kaliningrad].
One of 34 woodcut illustrations, each hand-colored, of the coats of arms of the Hochmeister or Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic military (and initially hospitaller) order founded in the 12th century. The Teutonic Knights ruled Prussia (the subject of the volume in which these illustrations appear) from the 13th century until 1525 when their Hochmeister Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach converted to Lutheranism, secularized the territory and became the first Duke of Prussia.
DNB heading: Heinrich, ‡c Walpot, ‡d -1208
Established heading: Teutonic Knights
Established heading: Osterberger, Georg, ‡d d. ca. 1602
Penn Libraries call number: GC55 A100 584k