A southwestern German region within the Holy Roman Empire, used here for Ulrich von Jungingen’s regional origin.
Swabia in southwestern Germany was a central duchy of the Holy Roman Empire associated with the Hohenstaufen dynasty. Ulrich von Jungingen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order who led the order to defeat at Grunwald in 1410, came from the Swabian knightly class.
Swabia's importance in IronCodex relates to the background of Teutonic knights and German crusading families whose members brought German noble culture into the Baltic and Prussian frontier. The Swabian connection of Ulrich von Jungingen places his career within the tradition of German knightly service to the military religious orders.