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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.
Georg Friedrich. The Monarchs of Prussia were members of the House of Hohenzollern who were the hereditary rulers of the former German state of Prussia from its founding in 1525 as the Duchy of Prussia. The Duchy had evolved out of the Teutonic Order, a Roman Catholic crusader state and theocracy located along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndFrederick I the Mercenary King [1]( 1657-07-11) 11 July 1657 – 25 February ...18 January 170125 February 1713Frederick William I the Soldier King( 1688-08-14) 14 August 1688 – 31 May ...25 February 171331 May 1740Frederick II the Great( 1712-01-24) 24 January 1712 – 17 August ...31 May 174017 August 1786( 1744-09-25) 25 September 1744 – 16 ...17 August 178616 November 1797- 10 April 1525
- Wilhelm II
- Albert (as Duke)
- His Majesty
The Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia was a duchy in the region of Prussia established as a result of secularization of the Monastic Prussia, the territory that remained under the control of the State of the Teutonic Order until the Protestant Reformation in 1525.
Teutonic Order (1224 – 1525) Elector of Brandenburg (1356 – 1806) Duchy of Prussia (1525 – 1618) Malbork Voivodeship and Prince-Bishopric of Warmia within Royal (Polish) Prussia (Poland 1454/1466 – 1772) Brandenburg-Prussia (1618 – 1701) Kingdom of Prussia (1701 – 1918) Free State of Prussia (1918 – 1947) Present
Branches within the Franconian branch ascended the throne of Margravate of Brandenburg in 1415 and of the Duchy of Prussia in 1525. The union of these two Franconian branches, in 1618, allowed the creation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701, the state which led the unification of Germany and the creation of the German Empire in 1871. Contents.
Duchy in Prussia, 1525-1618 In 1525, Grand Master ALBRECHT VON BRANDENBURG, a brother of the Duke Elector of Brandenburg, declared Lutheranism state religion throughout the territory of the Teutonic Order and transformed this state into a hereditary duchy, which he took as a fief from Polish King Sigismund I.
One of the most significant acquisitions was made by a junior member of the house in 1525—namely, the duchy of Prussia. In 1701 the elector Frederick III of Brandenburg secured from the Holy Roman emperor Leopold I the title “king in Prussia.”
