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Ulrich von Jungingen (1360 – July 15 1410) was the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, as successor to his elder brother Konrad von Jungingen. His policy of confrontation with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland led to absolute disaster for the Order, and its ultimate demise.
Born in Jungingen in South-Western Germany, Ulrich moved to the Ordenstaat in Prussia and resided in Schlochau. He was komtur of Balga (1396 – 1404) and marshal and komtur of Königsberg (1404 – 1407). In 1407, when his brother died, he became the 26th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
Commanding the forces of the Teutonic Knights against the forces of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, he was killed in the Battle of Grunwald (Tannenberg).
The painting Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko supposedly illustrates the moment when Ulrich von Jungingen (dressed in white with a black cross), is killed by infantry when trying to attack the Grand Duke of Lithuania - Vytautas the Great.