Order of the Brothers of the Sword

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)

Other forms of name

Brothers of the Sword

Brüder des Kriegsdienstes Christi

Brüder des Ritterdienstes Christi

Ensifererorum Ordo Teutonicus Livonorum

Fratres Militiae Christi

German Order of the Brothers of the Sword

Knights Swordbearers

Knights of the Sword

Livonian Brothers of the Sword

Livonian Knights

Livonian Order

Orden Mecha

Orden mechenost︠sev

Ordo Ensiferorum in Livonia

Schwertbrüderorden

MARC

VIAF: 316393131

Wikidata: Q157605

Library of congress: n 83203275

Sources of Information

Hopfenzitz, J. Studien zur oberdeutschen Agrarstruktur u. Grundherrschaft, 1982(name not given)
LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Order of the Brothers of the Sword; founded 1202; incorporated into the Deutscher Orden (Teutonic Knights) in 1237; original name: Fratres Militiae Christi; variants: Brüder des Ritterdienstes Christi; Schwertbrüderorden; Brüder des Kriegsdienstes Christi)
Schurtzfleisch, H.L. Henrici Leonardi Schurzfleischii Historia Ensiferorum Ordinis Teutonici Livonorum, 1701:t.p. (... Ensiferorum Ordinis Teutonici Livonorum) index (Ordo Ensiferorum in Livonia)
Encycl. Brit., Micropaedia(Brothers of the Sword, Order of the; Latin: Fratres Militiae Christi; German: Schwertbrüderorden; also called Knights of the Sword and Livonian Order; organized 1202, forced to disband and reorganize in 1237 as a branch of the Teutonic Knights, whose grand master was thenceforth appointed the provincial master (Landmeister) of Livonia) under Livonia (the German Order of the Brothers of the Sword; after 1237, the Livonian Knights or the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights)
Columbia encycl.(Livonian Knights; German military religious order; also called Brothers of the Sword and the Knights Swordbearers)
Gibelʹ ordena Mecha, 2004:p. 3 (Ordena mechenost︠s︡ev (Schwertbrüder))
Wikipedia, Dec. 15, 2006(Livonian Brothers of the Sword or Livonian Order)

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