Ludwig von Erlichshausen [SEP] position held
Ludwig von Erlichshausen
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 was aide to Grand Master Paul von Rusdorf 1436-40, Komtur of Schönsee (Wąbrzeźno) near Thorn (Toruń) (1442–47), and Komtur of Mewe (Gniew) (1446–50). After the death of his more compromising
" means "hardship" or "wilderness". Named "Kudien" in 1354, the Teutonic Knights of the Elbing commandry had built a "Vorwerk" estate near the site of a former Prussian fortress, where they held court over the native Pogesanian inhabitants in the area. From 1431 the Cadinen manor was owned by Johannes von Baysen, leader of the Prussian Confederation in the Thirteen Years' War against the Teutonic Knights under Grand Master Ludwig von Erlichshausen. 
With the 1466 Second Peace of Thorn it became part of Royal