Ulrich von Jungingen
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Ulrich von Jungingen was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1407 to 1410. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark t
Death of Ulrich von Jungingen, detail of the painting by Jan Matejko, 1878
Battle of Grunwald
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The Battle of Grunwald, also known as the Battle of Tannenberg or the Battle of Žalgiris, was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War. The alliance of the Crown of the Kingdom
Ulrich von Jungingen
…of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland would spark the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War and lead to disaster for his Order, and his own death, at the Battle of Grunwald. A scion of the Swabian noble house of Jungingen, he was probably born at Hohenfels Castle near Stockach, as the ancestral seat at Jungingen had been…
Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko (1878)
The most important source about the battle is Cronica conflictus Wladislai Regis Poloniae cum cruciferis anno Christi 1410
Lithuanians fighting with Teutonic knights (14th-century bas-relief from the Malbork Castle)
The Teutonic Order presents the Grunwald Swords as a gift to King Władysław II Jagiełło (painting by Wojciech Kossak).