Order of Dobrin

The Order of Dobrin or Frères of Dobrin (in Polish Bracia Dobrzyńscy , in German Order von Dobrin ) is a military Ordre which was created in Poland with the XIII^e century to defend against the incursions of the Prussian tribes pagan. In Latin, these knights were called Fratres Milites Christi (of Prussia, Dobrin, Mazovia) and their nickname was the Prussian Knights of Jesus-Christ .

The Order was founded in 1216, by Christian, the bishop missionary of Prussia, to protect the Mazovie and the Cujavie against the attacks from the pagan Prussian tribes which continuously defied Conrad Ier de Mazovie which did not manage to suppress their threat.

The Brothers of Dobrin offered assistance and protection to the missionaries Cistercien S who tried évangéliser Prussia. On their armor, they carried a white coat on which were reproduced a raised red sword and a red star symbolizing the revelation of the Christ to the pagan . The rules of their kind were similar to those of the Templiers and to those of the Chevaliers Carry-Sword.

In 1228, the year when the Order was recognized by the Pape Gregoire IX, the duke Conrad Ier yields to him the town of Dobrin (in Polish Dobrzyń nad Wisłą) as well as the territory around this city making border with Prussia.

The Order of Dobrin was the only military order ever created in Poland. At the beginning, the order was composed of about fifteen knight S, come from Lower Saxony and Mecklembourg, ordered by Maître Brunon. Following their too small number (manpower forever exceeded 35 knights) and with their lack of effectiveness against the Old Prussians, the majority of the members joined the teutonic Ordre towards 1235, with the papal blessing. In 1237, Conrad de Mazovie sent the remaining knights to Drohiczyn, to reinforce this outpost. The last mention of the Brothers of Dobrin goes back to 1240, when Daniel de Galicie seized Drohiczyn.

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