Tuetonic Knights

Teutonic Knights Collection

The Teutonic Knights was founded during the siege of Acre in the Third Crusade (1190–91).
Originally known as the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of St. Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem. The order was one of nobles, and the knights took the monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
In the early 13th century, the order moved to Eastern Europe and rose to prominence.
In 1226 a crusade against the Prussians was called. After some 50 years of successful campaigning the knights had subdued Prussia.
In 1410 the Poles and Lithuanians routed the order at Tannenberg; after successive warfare with the Poles in 1466, the knights were forced to cede West Prussia to Poland.
In 1525, Albert of Brandenburg its grand master accepted the Reformation. Stripped of all importance, the Teutonic Order continued in Catholic Germany until its remaining possessions were secularized in 1809.
It was later revived in Austria, but as an honorary body. The habit of the order was a white robe with a black cross.
Each Grenada figure is sculpted in metal and hand painted by the Artist. Each figure is unique and custom made.
Scale is 54mm or 1/32. A foot figure is approximately 2.25 inches tall.