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The Teutonic Knights, also known as the Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, are a Catholic religious institution founded in 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order has a long history of serving as a crusading military order, supporting Catholic rule in the Holy Land and Eastern Europe. Today, the Teutonic Order is a purely religious institution, conferring limited honorary knighthoods and performing charitable work. The [[bailiwick-of-utrecht|Bailiwick of Utrecht]] of the Teutonic Order, a Protestant chivalric order, is also descended from the same medieval military order and continues to award knighthoods and perform charitable work, often in collaboration with organizations like the [[red-cross|Red Cross]].