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The Knights of the Virgin Mary – or '''Teutonic Knights''' of the Hospital of St. Mary, the Virgin – was a religious-military Order that that was founded at the siege of Acre in 1190 during the [[Crusades|Third Crusade]]. [[German]] in origin, its original purpose was to care for and protect German pilgrims to the [[Holy Land]]. Its knights took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They wore a white mantle with a black cross. The Order gained the approval of the German Emperor 1191 and its conversion to a military order was approved by the [[pope]] in 1199.
The Knights of the Virgin Mary – or '''Teutonic Knights''' of the Hospital of St. Mary, the Virgin – was a religious-military Order that that was founded at the siege of Acre in 1190 during the [[Crusades|Third Crusade]]. [[German]] in origin, its original purpose was to care for and protect German pilgrims to the [[Holy Land]]. Its knights took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. They wore a white mantle with a black cross. The Order gained the approval of the German Emperor 1191 and its conversion to a military order was approved by the [[pope]] in 1199.