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Banner of Conrad the White, prince of Oels (Teutonic Order, Germany)

Konrad der Weiße, Herzog in Schlesien zu Oels, Wohlau, Wartenberg usw.

by António Martins, 8 February 2002

Description

See also:

Territorial Association of (Lower) Silesia and Upper Silesia (Landsmannschaft Schlesien -Nieder- und Oberschlesien e.V.) for the Silesian coat-of-arms
Flags in the Banderia Prutenorum Manuscript
Teutonic Order (Deutscher Orden)
Germany

Description

[Editor's note: the following translation by Chrystian Kretowicz of the Banderia Prutenorum manuscript is based on a translation from Latin into Old Polish, available at the Choragwie Pruskie cz. 1 - Jan Dlugosz webpage.]

4. Banner of Conrad the White, prince of Olesno (Rosenberg) from Silesia. He commanded the banner [here a military unit] personally and it was composed of his own people-knights from the Principality of Wroclaw (Breslau) and from Silesia. He was captured and lost his banner as well as his fortune, but was freed by magnanimous King Ladislaus. It has to be noted, that among all the Silesian (or Polish) princes, only he and Casimir, prince of Slupsk (Stolp) went over to the Grand Master's side and it is a horrendous shame they betrayed their Fatherland and their native-tongue helping the enemy in the destruction of their own country. Both however were forgiven, together with their captured knights, by King Ladislaus. Note: this Banner is 2 and 1/4 cubits long and 2 cubits wide. [Editor's note: about 112 cm × 100 cm.]

Chrystian Kretowicz, 2 June 2001

The original image shows the flag hanging vertically (hoist in the top of the picture) and a wodden pole is visible at the viewer's right hand (my image being thus a supposed backside); no finial; white sleeve (the black stripe along the hoist is not the sleeve). The flag design suggests this flag was supposed to be flown from a vertical pole.

António Martins, 28 February 2002