Johann Osthoff von Mengede

Johann von Mengede (also Johann von Mengden, called Osthof) (c. 1400 — 15 August 1469) was a knight of the Teutonic Knights.[1] Most notably, from 1442 to 1450, he was Komtur of Reval and then from 1450 to 1469 a Master (Landmiester) of the Livonian Order. He was elected as the Landmaster of Livonia in April, 1450.[2]

He is the best known representative of the Brandenburg noble family from Mengede.

History

In 1461—1464, when Landmaster of Livonia Johann von Mengede arrested the Archbishop of Riga, Silvester Stodewescher and plundered Archbishopic lands, troops from Pskov occupied the eastern part of the Archbishopic lands — Adzele (presently Pytalovo). Adzele inhabitants were either deported or converted to Orthodoxy.

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References
  1. Ernst Seraphim Geschichte von Livland: 1. Band: Das Livländische Mittelalter und die Zeit der Reformation (Bis 1582), Verlag BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, ISBN 1-113-07497-3, S. 145–151,
  2. According to Neitmann Sommer 1469, Seraphim, p. 150 in May 1469, Napiersky, p. 47 (No. 2038), Mengede granted a fief on June 12, 1469. His successor was elected on January 7, 1470 (Neitmann).
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