Johann Freytag von Loringhoven

Johann Freitag von Loringhoven (c. 1430 - 26 May 1494), also known as Johann Freytag von Loringhoven, and Johann Fridach van Loringhoffe, was a knight of the Teutonic Knights and a member of the Freytag von Loringhoven family.

Most notably, from 1483 to 1494, he was a Master (Landmiester) of the Livonian Order.

After the forced abdication of his predecessor, Bernhard von der Borch (1471-1483) he was elected as Master of the Livonian Order.

He ended the 200-year struggle for power inside the Livonian Order by carefully balancing warfare and politics.

After the civil war, his reign brought about the longest peacetime in ancient Livonian history.