Gottfried von Hohenlohe (1265 –
19 October 1310 in
Mergentheim) was the 14th
Grand Master of the
Teutonic Order, serving from 1297-1303.
Hohenlohe was born to
Kraft von Hohenlohe and
Willeborg von Wertheim and hailed from the rich
Hohenlohe family of
Burg Hohlach, near
Uffenheim. He was also a relative of a previous grand master,
Heinrich von Hohenlohe.
Hohenlohe joined the Teutonic Order in 1279 and became a
Komtur in
Franconia in 1290. In 1294 he advanced to
Deutschmeister, the position of the Master of the branch of the Order within
Germany. As a close associate of Grand Master
Konrad von Feuchtwangen, he was chosen as his successor by the
capitulum in
Venice in 1297.
Hohenlohe was regarded as passive concerning further involvement of the Teutonic Order in
Prussia and
Livonia, as well as not having listened to requests made by these provinces. The order's
capitulum assembled in
Memel requested Hohenlohe's resignation, which he signed in
Elbing on
October 18,
1303.
Hohenlohe left Prussia and settled in Germany where he received a
bailiwick in
Franconia. He tried to reestablish himself as grand master, but this claim was rejected by his fellow knight-brothers, who had selected
Siegfried von Feuchtwangen. Hohenlohe resided in
Ulm until he moved to
Mergentheim in 1307 where he died. He was buried in
Marburg.
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