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Karl Bessart von Trier (
1265 -
February 11 1324), was the 16th
Grand Master of the
Teutonic Order, serving from 1311-24.
Karl came from a family of
patricians of
Trier and strove for a refined education.
He was the eldest son of
Jakob von Oeren, an
alderman. He joined the Teutonic Order in 1288 along with his two brothers, Jakob and Ortolf. During the 1290s he administered the office of
Komtur for both German and French
bailiwicks (
Champagne,
Lorraine, and
Burgundy). In 1304 he took on the office of
Großkomtur and in this capacity became the representative in
Venice of Grand Master
Siegfried von Feuchtwangen.
Karl was chosen Grand Master by the Order's
capitulum in
Marienburg in mid-June 1311. He was in favor of reforms within the Order, but his endeavors met resistance. He attempted to introduce the office of conductor, whose appointees would be the only brothers able to deal in commerce and trade. There were disputes among the Order's leaders led by Komtur
Otto von Luterberg and Grand Hospitaller
Friedrich von Wildenberg which led to a special assembly of the Order's capitulum which forced him to resign and caused him to leave
Prussia in 1317.
The split within the Order was averted by
Pope John XXII who condemned the dissent of the Prussian komturs and ordered them to call a new capitulum. On
March 12,
1318 Karl accepted the position of Grand Master again during a general meeting in
Erfurt, although he didn't return to Prussia. He spent the last years of his life in Trier, where he died in 1324. He was buried in Trier's Church of
St. Catherine.
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