Konrad von Wallenrode [SEP] position held
Konrad von Wallenrode
Konrad von Wallenrode (c. 1330s – 23 July 1393) was the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1391 to 1393. Modern sources are friendly towards Konrad, although they claim he was hot-blooded, proud, and had tendencies to be cruel.
Konrad was the inspiration for Adam Mickiewicz's poem "Konrad Wallenrod".
Life and career.
Life and career Early life.
Konrad came from a family with a rich knightly tradition that had its roots in Franconia
of Mewe (Gniew), Strasburg (Brodnica) and the Grand Marshal of Königsberg who died in the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. Another relative of Konrad was Johann von Wallenrode, the Archbishop of Riga between 1393–1416.
The poem.
Adam Mickiewicz took some elements of the historical Konrad von Wallenrode for his 1828 patriotic narrative poem, "Konrad Wallenrod", in which Wallenrode is portrayed as a Lithuanian who deliberately leads the Knights into defeat.
The poem was later twice made into an opera; "I Lituani