Volkwin (
Middle High German:
Volkewîn), also known as
Folkwin,
Volquin, and
Wolquin, was the Master (
Herrmeister) of the
Livonian Brothers of the Sword from
1209 to
1236.
Schenk is sometimes appended to his name.
Originally from
Naumburg,
Germany, Volkwin succeeded
Wenno von Rohrbach, the first master of the order. Folkwin led the Sword-Brothers in the
Northern Crusades in
Latvia and
Estonia against the
Samogitians,
Curonians,
Semigallians, and
Selonians. He was ultimately killed by the
Samogitians during the course of the
Battle of Saule in 1236. The surviving Sword-Brothers were subsequently merged into the
Teutonic Knights led by
Hermann Balk and became an autonomous "sub-order".
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