Otto von Kerpen
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Otto von Kerpen was the second Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
, from 1200 to 1208.
Otto came from a poor Rhenish
knightly family residing in the castle of Kerpen in Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate
. While Grand Master, he strove to make the Teutonic Knights independent from the older military orders of the Knights Templar
and the Knights Hospitaller
.
He died in 1208 and was buried in Acre
.
Teutonic Knights
The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem , commonly the Teutonic Order , is a German medieval military order, in modern times a purely religious Catholic order...
, from 1200 to 1208.
Otto came from a poor Rhenish
Rhineland
Historically, the Rhinelands refers to a loosely-defined region embracing the land on either bank of the River Rhine in central Europe....
knightly family residing in the castle of Kerpen in Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Kerpen, Rhineland-Palatinate
Kerpen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...
. While Grand Master, he strove to make the Teutonic Knights independent from the older military orders of the Knights Templar
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
and the Knights Hospitaller
Knights Hospitaller
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...
.
He died in 1208 and was buried in Acre
Acre, Israel
Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....
.