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Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1410–1467) was the 31st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1449/1450 to 1467. As did his uncle and predecessor Konrad von Erlichshausen, Ludwig came from Ellrichshausen in Swabia, now part of Satteldorf in Baden-Württemberg.
Ludwig von Erlichshausen (auch Ludwig von Ellrichshausen; * um 1410 oder 1415; [1] † 4. April 1467 in Altstadt (Königsberg)) war von 1450 bis 1467 Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens.
Financial shortages due to the onset of the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) forced Ludwig von Erlichshausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, to pawn the Neumark to Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, by the Treaty of Cölln on 22 February 1454, and to subsequently sell it by the Treaty of Mewe on 16 September 1455.
Ludwig von Erlichshausen. Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens (seit 1450), * um 1415 bei Crailsheim, † 4.4.1467 Königsberg (Preußen).
Ludwig von Erlichshausen was the 31st Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1449/1450 to 1467. Career Ludwig was aide to Grand Master Paul von Rusdorf 1436-1440, Komtur of Schönsee (Wąbrzeźno) near Thorn (Toruń) (1442-1447), and Komtur of Mewe (Gniew) (1446-1450).
The Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Ludwig von Erlichshausen, led the Teutonic fleet, in an attempt to come to the aid of the city of Mewe ("Gniew") via the Vistula River, which had been besieged by Polish forces since July, 1463.
Aus dem Wahlkapitel des Ordens ging am 21. März 1450 Ludwig von Erlichshausen, der Komtur zu Mewe, der Neffe des verstorbenen Hochmeisters, als neues Ordensoberhaupt hervor, noch in jungen Jahren stehend, wie ausdrücklich vermerkt wird.
