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- Albert of Brandenburg (German: Albrecht von Brandenburg; 28 June 1490 – 24 September 1545) was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545. Through his notorious sale of indulgences, he became the catalyst for Martin Luther 's Reformation and its staunch opponent.
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Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues.
- 10 February 1471 – 11 March 1486
- Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
Albert III Achilles (born November 24, 1414, Tangermünde, Brandenburg [now in Germany]—died March 11, 1486, Frankfurt am Main) was the elector of Brandenburg, a soldier, and an administrative innovator who established the principle by which the mark of Brandenburg was to pass intact to the eldest son. The third son of Frederick of ...
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Albrecht III (9 November 1414 – 11 March 1486) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1471 until his death, the third from the House of Hohenzollern. A member of the Order of the Swan, he received the cognomen Achilles because of his knightly qualities and virtues.
Albert of Brandenburg (German: Albrecht von Brandenburg; 28 June 1490 – 24 September 1545) was a German cardinal, elector, Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545, and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545. Through his notorious sale of indulgences, he became the catalyst for Martin Luther's Reformation and its staunch opponent.
When Albrecht III Achilles von Brandenburg Hohenzollern was born on 9 November 1414, in Tangermünde, Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, his father, Kurfürst Friedrich I von Brandenburg Burggraf von Nürnberg Hohenzollern, was 43 and his mother, Herzogin Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut, was 30.
albert iii. (1414–1486), elector of Brandenburg, surnamed Achilles because of his knightly qualities, was the third son of Frederick I. of Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg, and was born at Tangermunde on the 9th of November 1414.
Who was Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg? Albert III, often known simply as Albert Achilles, was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He received the nickname Achilles because of his knightly qualities. He also ruled the Principality of Ansbach.
