Order of the Brothers of the Sword

LC control no.	n 83203275
Corporate name heading	Order of the Brothers of the Sword *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Fratres Militiae Christi Brüder des Ritterdienstes Christi Brüder des Kriegsdienstes Christi Schwertbrüderorden Brothers of the Sword Knights of the Sword German Order of the Brothers of the Sword Livonian Knights Livonian Order Knights Swordbearers Ensifererorum Ordo Teutonicus Livonorum Ordo Ensiferorum in Livonia Livonian Brothers of the Sword Orden mechenost︠sev Orden Mecha
See also	Teutonic Knights *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	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)