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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.
Prussian. 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.
ALBERT (1490–1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, and first duke of Prussia, was the third son of Frederick of Hohenzollern, prince of Ansbach and Bayreuth, and Sophia, daughter of Casimir IV., king of Poland. Born at Ansbach on the 16th of May 1490, he was intended for the church, and passed some time at the court of Hermann, elector of Cologn
Albert Frederick: Duke of Prussia. 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 ...
Prussia Under Frederick the Great. Frederick the Great significantly modernized Prussian economy, administration, judicial system, education, finance, and agriculture, but never attempted to change the social order based on the dominance of the landed nobility.
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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.
ALBERT (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, and first duke of Prussia, was the third son of Frederick of Hohenzollern, prince of Ansbach and Bayreuth, and Sophia, daughter of Casimir IV., king of Poland. Born at Ansbach on the 16th of May 1490, he was intended for the church, and passed some time at the court of Hermann, elector of ...
