Master Sibrand
| Master Sibrand | |
|---|---|
Coat of arms of the Teutonic Order
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| Grand Master of the Teutonic Order | |
| In office September 1190 – 1191 | |
| Succeeded by | Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1157 |
| Died | 1191 (aged 33–34) Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Crusades |
Master Sibrand (Meister Sibrand, Magister Sibrandus) was the founder of the hospital in Akkon, which was to become the base of the Teutonic Knights.[1] For this reason, he is sometimes considered the "first grand master" of that order, even if it was only given recognition in 1192, and transformed into a military order in 1198.[2]
Sibrand had travelled to Outremer in 1188, in the Third Crusade of Frederick Barbarossa, as a follower of Adolf III of Holstein. Sibrand is mentioned as the founder of a hospital in a document by king Guy of Lusignan dated to September 1190. The field hospital was operated for German troops during the siege of Akkon.[2] Such a hospital had been set up and operated by merchants of Bremen and Lübeck, near the cemetery of St. Nicholas, using a sail for shelter. After the conquest of Akkon, Guy gave Sibrand a house in the city, the Syriac hospital, where the German hospital found more permanent quarters.
After the Fall of Acre in July 1191, the hospital was moved into the city and evolved into the permanent base of the Teutonic Kings.[2] With the help of donations made by the faithful, a garden for the hospital was financed and created in front of the gate of St Nicholas.[1]
In fiction
Sibrand is one of the assassination targets in the original Assassin's Creed video game, where he is depicted as a both the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and as a secret member of the Knights Templars. He is shown to be excessively paranoid due to Altaïr's recent assassinations of other Templars.[3] He stays in the port of Acre,[4] using ships he acquired to form a blockade around the city,[3] though he is eventually slain by Altair.
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Pringle, Denys (2009). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus: L-Z-. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780521851480.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Barba, Rick (25 October 2016). Assassin's Creed: A Walk Through History (1189-1868). Scholastic Inc. p. 19. ISBN 9781338099157.
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Nichols, Derek (September 27, 2013). "History Behind the Game – Assassin's Creed Characters". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- Back to citation Rédaction (March 19, 2013). "Dossier Assassin's Creed - Partie 3 - Un premier épisode prometteur". Player One (in French). Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
Bibliography
- Labuda, Gerard (2007). Neitmann and Neugebauer (ed.). "Die Anfänge des Deutschen Ordens: In Jerusalem oder in Akkon?". Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel und Ostdeutschlands. Walter de Gruyter: 153–172. ISBN 978-3-598-23201-5.