Heinrich von Plauen

Heinrich von Plauen
Hochmeister
17th century depiction of Heinrich from Christoph Hartknoch's Old and New Prussia or a Two-Part History of Prussia
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
ReignNovember 1410 - October 1413
PredecessorUlrich von Jungingen
SuccessorMichael Küchmeister von Sternberg
Bornc. 1370
Vogtland
Died1429
Lochstädt (Pavlovo)
Burial

Heinrich von Plauen (the Elder) (ca. 1370–1429) was the 27th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from November 1410 to October 1413. Having becoming grandmaster in the wake of the Battle of Grunwald, he was a stern proponent of prolonging the war with Lithuania and Poland. Because all male members of his family were baptized as Heinrich (Henry), he is sometimes known as Heinrich von Plauen the Elder to differentiate from his relative, Heinrich von Plauen the Younger (died ca. 1441).