Burchard Von Schwanden
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Bern |
Switzerland | |
Job | Monk |
Died | 1310 |
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ID | 1732394 |
Burchard Von Schwanden Life story
Burchard von Schwanden was the 12th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1282 to 1290. Burchard hailed from a patrician part of Bern. He was a monk in Hitzkirch before becoming the Komtur of Köniz and advancing in 1277 to the rank of a regional Komtur of Thuringia and Saxony.