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Walter von Cronberg

c. 1479–1543 · 16th century

Walter von Cronberg was German Master of the Teutonic Order at Mergentheim. After Grand Master Albert secularised Prussia in 1525, the emperor made him administrator of the grand mastership in 1527, and his successors combined the two offices, ruling the order's remaining lands from Mergentheim in Franconia.

Walter von Cronberg
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Teutonic Order Mergentheim

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