Lord of Thuringia and Hesse

The man known only as Lord of Thuringia and Hesse was born in 1199 CE, to noble born personages in the Teutonic Kingdom of Livonia. After quickly developing into a very capable scholar, studying both Latin and Philosophy with many contemporary scholars, Lord of Thuringia and Hesse developed an able mathematical mind as well as a very devout practice as a Catholic. At age 19, he joined Grandmaster Otto I military service as a Teutonic Sergeant, and was soon recognized as a superb tactician.
Military life
Lord of Thuringia and Hesse began his military life under the guidance of Otto I, but Otto quickly realized the man's brilliance and allowed him to direct a campaign into the nearby province of Estonia. After Lord of Thuringia and Hesse routed the enemy Estonian army with only half their number, Otto I was convinced, Lord of Thuringia and Hesse was to be given the honour of commander of his forces on the next campaign against the Novgorodian Rus.
After a couple of years had gone by, Lord of Thuringia and Hesse led a large army of Teutonic Sergeants and Feudal knights into Novgorod, and quickly routed the Rus encamped there. For this great feat, he was awarded with the Dukedom of Estonia, whereby he governed well, building many great sites such as a hospital and a naval academy. However, Otto 1 soon after died, and his son, Otto II was fairly skeptical about Lord of Thuringia and Hesse's military prowess. After 3 defeats against the Finnish Novgorodian Rus however, he decided to let Lord of Thuringia and Hesse take control.
The Battle of Helsinki
Lord of Thuringia and Hesse led the campaign against the Novgorodian Rus in the spring of 1225, as he turned 26 years old. King Mtsyslav was a seasoned general, used to fighting Kievan Rus, the Finns and the Swedes. He however did not make the mistake that he made in Novgorod, and he treated Lord of Thuringia and Hesse with caution.
After a daring charge with his Teutonic Sergeants slamming into the Novgorodian Rus' flank, Lord of Thuringia and Hesse then led his own unit of Sergeants and Feudal knights, along with some Soldiers of the Order and spearmen, into the fray. Although they won the battle, every man in Lord of Thuringia and Hesse's Sergeants was slain, and he returned to camp quite shaken. In this way he resolved to never join another unit, and fought by himself at all times.
Cuman, Lithuanian and Rus attacks
The years after the battle were tumultuous one's for Lord of Thuringia and Hesse, although he only lost one battle. He faced down and defeated multiple Cuman armies, and destroyed the remnants of the Novgorodian Rus a few years after his battle in 1225. The Cuman's almost captured him at the battle of Prussia in 1229, but he defeated an entire unit of Prince Suskadag's bodyguard single-handedly and was able to win the battle. Against the Liths, Lord of Thuringia and Hesse combined expert defense techniques with brand new training to create an army of excellent defenders, and was able to defeat the Liths on the Livonian border in 1230. He then raided all the way into Lithuania, and conquered them with Polish and Danish help in 1232.
Faked death and reinstatement
In 1235, Werger I of the Teutonic Order sentenced Lord of Thuringia and Hesse to death by burning for treason (The real reason is that Lord of Thuringia and Hesse had gathered the people together against Werger as Werger was a corrupt megalomaniac). Lord of Thuringia and Hesse faked his own death, went into to hiding, and gathered an army. He then started a civil war in which he destroyed Werger's better trained, better equipped Teutonic Knights with a motley collection of Lithuanian and Estonian woodsmen and peasants. He then let Werger live, in return for the Dukedoms of Lithuania and Estonia to be rightfully restored to him, and therefore lived peacefully from then on.
Family life
Little is known of the family of Lord of Thuringia and Hesse, but it is known that he supposedly married the Princess of the Volga Bulgars, a wild nomadic tribal people. She was apparently so struck by him that she instantaneously fell in love, and as the most beautiful woman in all of the Steppe, he decided she would make a fitting bride. He fathered only sons with her, but they failed to make it into the annals of history, little is known of them.
Death
Lord of Thuringia and Hesse reportedly died (again) in 1267, at the old age of 68. Little is known about his death, but sources suggest that it may have been at the hands of a wild animal, such as a bear or a boar. Lord of Thuringia and Hesse was a great hunter, but he carried the sport well into his old age, and was almost certainly not as swift or as agile as when he was young.
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