Albert, Duke of Prussia

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Albert, Duke of Prussia was a 16th-century German prince and former Grand Master of the Teutonic Order who secularized the Teutonic State into the hereditary Duchy of Prussia and embraced Lutheranism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German prince ⓘ
duke ⓘ
former Grand Master of the Teutonic Order ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1490-05-17 ⓘ
birthName Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
birthPlace Ansbach ⓘ
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
capitalOfHisDuchy Königsberg ⓘ
child Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
convertedTo Lutheranism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfPrussianHomage 1525-04-10 ⓘ
deathDate 1568-03-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
Tapiau ⓘ
era Reformation ⓘ
event Prussian Homage ⓘ
father Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
feudalLord Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
formerReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
founded Albertina University in Königsberg ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
grandfather Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
languageSpoken German ⓘ
memberOfDynasty House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
militaryOrder Teutonic Order ⓘ
mother Sophia of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Sophia Jagiellon
nobleTitle Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (by birth) ⓘ
notableFor being the first duke of Prussia ⓘ
establishing the Duchy of Prussia as a hereditary fief ⓘ
secularization of the Teutonic Order’s Prussian territories ⓘ
officeEndAsGrandMaster 1525 ⓘ
officeStartAsGrandMaster 1511 ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order ⓘ
predecessor Teutonic State in Prussia ⓘ
reignEnd 1568 ⓘ
reignStart 1525 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
spouse Anna Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia ⓘ
successor Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
supported Protestant Reformation ⓘ
sworeFealtyTo Sigismund I the Old ⓘ
territoryRuled Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
uncle Albert, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
yearFoundedAlbertina 1544 ⓘ

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Duke of Prussia → firstHolder → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Duke of Prussia → heldBy → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Albertus University → foundedBy → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albertus University → namedAfter → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albertina → founder → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albertina → namedAfter → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Duchy of Prussia → firstDuke → Albert of Prussia ⓘ
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Andreas Osiander → associatedWith → Duke Albert of Prussia ⓘ
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Treaty of Kraków (1525) → signatory → Albert of Prussia ⓘ
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Prutenic Tables → namedAfter → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Prutenic Tables → patron → Albert I, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach → nobleTitle → Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach → positionHeld → Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia → father → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia → predecessor → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia → titleInheritedFrom → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Prussian Homage → performedBy → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Prussian Homage → result → Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach became Duke of Prussia ⓘ
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Königsberg Cathedral → notableBurial → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Königsberg Cathedral → associatedWith → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ