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  1. Lutheranism. 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.

  2. Albert Frederick. Profession: Duke of Prussia. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Family. Born in Berlin, Frederick was the son of Prince Louis Charles of Prussia and Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, later Queen of Hanover, nephew of King Frederick William III of Prussia and stepson of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover . Princess Charlotte of Wales was interested in Frederick in 1814 and hoped to marry him.

  5. Albert was born into royalty on May 17, 1490 in Ansbach, Franconia. He was the third son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his mother, Sophia was the daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon and his wife, Elisabeth of Austria. In his early years, he was trained at the court of Hermann IV of ...

  6. Albert Frederick was the second Duke of Prussia, serving in that capacity for more than five decades, into the 17th Century. He was born on May 7, 1553, in Königsberg. His father was the first Duke of Prussia, Albert I, and his mother was Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was his parents' only son and so grew up as the heir apparent to the ...

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  8. Albert Frederick 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.

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