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Revision as of 21:57, 4 March 2007 by Rex Germanus (talk | contribs) (moved Otto von Kerpen to Otto of Kerpen over redirect: English Misplaced Pages)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Otto von Kerpen (died 1208) was the second Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, from 1200 to 1208.
Von Kerpen came from a poor Rhenish knightly family residing in the castle of Kerpen near Gillesheim. While Grand Master, he strove to make the Teutonic Knights independent from the older military orders of the Knights Templars and the Knights Hospitaller.
Von Kerpen died in 1208 and was buried in Acre.
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