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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.
- 20 March 1568 – 27 August 1618
- Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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.
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.
Mar 16, 2024 · Albert (born May 17, 1490, Ansbach—died March 20, 1568, Tapiau, East Prussia) 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.
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Ducal Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia, to 1786. Albert. Albert, statue by Rudolf Siemering in Malbork, Poland. The Teutonic Order’s last grand master in Prussia, Albert of Hohenzollern, became a Lutheran and, in 1525, secularized his fief, which he transformed into a duchy for himself.
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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 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.
