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Albert of Prussia ( German: Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) was a German prince who was the 37th grand master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
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Albert Frederick ( German: Albrecht Friedrich; Polish: Albrecht Fryderyk; 7 May 1553 – 27 August 1618) was the Duke of Prussia, from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the second and last Prussian duke of the Ansbach branch of the Hohenzollern family.
The duchy became the first Protestant state when Albert, Duke of Prussia formally adopted Lutheranism in 1525. It was inhabited by a German, Polish (mainly in Masuria), and Lithuanian-speaking (mainly in Lithuania Minor) population.
Albert was the last grand master of the Teutonic Knights from 1510 to 1525, and the first duke of Prussia (from 1525). He was a Protestant German ruler known chiefly for ending the Teutonic Knights’ government of East Prussia and founding a hereditary dukedom in its place. Albert was the third son.
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Albert of Prussia was a German prince who was the 37th grand master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
Biography: Albert Frederick was the Duke of Prussia, coming to power in 1569 after paying feudal homage to his cousin, Zygmunt August, who was then the King of Poland. While he technically reigned until 1603, though was noted to have shown signs of mental disorder since 1572.
Biography: Albert of Prussia was a German prince and the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia. Albert shifted from being the grand master of the Teutonic Knights to establishing Protestantism in the region, secularizing the monastic state and converting it into the Duchy of Prussia.
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