[124] Herberstein.
[125] Voigt.
[126] Freeman, Historical Geography of Europe.
[127] Schiemann; Voigt; Geschichte der Ostseeprovinzen.
Note.—The German branch of the Order elected a new Grand-Master after the defection of Albrecht, and continued, at Mergentheim in Franconia, its existence as a religious organisation, till the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the Napoleonic maelstrom swept it away in common with many other worn-out institutions.
[128] Karamzin.
[129] Herberstein.
[130] Herberstein; Karamzin.
[131] Karamzin.
[132] V. Bronevskago, Istoriya Donskago Voyska.