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TEUTONIC ORDERS 1201 AD - 1525 AD
This list covers the Teutonic Orders in the Baltic, first the Livonian “Knights of the Sword” founded by the Bishop of Riga from 1200, then from 1226 the Teutonic Knights. It ends with the secularization of the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. Armies usually included 1 or 2 “spitz” wedges with the best armoured knights in front. Note that ritterbruder “brother knights” were fully armoured men with heavy lances riding destriers similar to western knights, but knechte were not. References: Armies of Feudal Europe 1. Heath, Armies of the Middle Ages Vol 2 1. Heath, The Teutonic Knights W. Urban, The Northern Crusades E. Christiansen.