marshal and grand preceptor of the Knights Hospitaller
1270 CE
to 1327 CE
Albert of Schwarzburg (died March 15, 1327), in contemporary sources also Albertus Alamanus ("Albert the German") or Albertus de Nigro Castro, is a member of the Saxon–Thuringian House of Schwarzburg who becomes a member of the Knights Hospitaller, rising to be marshal and grand preceptor of the Order, and fighting with success against the Turks.