Heinrich von Plauen
Heinrich von Plauen (the Elder) (ca. 1370–1429) was the 27th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from November 1410 to October 1413. Having becoming grandmaster in the wake of the Battle of Grunwald, he was a stern proponent of prolonging the war with Lithuania and Poland. Because all male members of his family were baptized as Heinrich (Henry), he is sometimes known as Heinrich von Plauen the Elder to differentiate from his relative, Heinrich von Plauen the Younger (died ca. 1441).
| Heinrich von Plauen | |
|---|---|
| Hochmeister | |
17th century depiction of Heinrich from Christoph Hartknoch's Old and New Prussia or a Two-Part History of Prussia | |
| Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights | |
| Reign | November 1410 - October 1413 |
| Predecessor | Ulrich von Jungingen |
| Successor | Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg |
| Born | c. 1370 Vogtland |
| Died | 1429 Lochstädt (Pavlovo) |
| Burial | Malbork Castle |
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