Prussian Homage

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The Prussian Homage was a 1525 political act in which the Teutonic Grand Master Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach secularized the Teutonic Order’s Prussian lands and accepted them as the hereditary Duchy of Prussia under Polish suzerainty.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Prussian Homage canonical 5
Prussian Homage of 1525 2
The Prussian Homage 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal homage ceremony ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political act ⓘ
country Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
date 1525-04-10 ⓘ
depictedIn painting "Prussian Homage" by Jan Matejko ⓘ
dynasticConsequence establishment of the Hohenzollern line in Prussia ⓘ
followedBy existence of Ducal Prussia as a Polish fief ⓘ
hasParticipant Polish nobility ⓘ
Prussian estates ⓘ
Teutonic Knights leadership ⓘ
languageOfOath Latin ⓘ
legalForm feudal investiture ⓘ
oath of fealty ⓘ
longTermConsequence foundation for later rise of Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
shift in balance of power in northeastern Europe ⓘ
oathType homage and fealty to the Polish king ⓘ
performedBy Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach ⓘ
performedInFrontOf Wawel Cathedral ⓘ
performedTo King Sigismund I of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Sigismund I the Old

Sigismund I the Old ⓘ
place Kraków ⓘ
politicalSignificance strengthened Polish influence in the Baltic region ⓘ
transformed a crusading order state into a secular principality ⓘ
precededBy Second Peace of Thorn (1466) ⓘ
Thirteen Years’ War ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Years' War
regionAffected Ducal Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Royal Prussia ⓘ
relatedTo Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
Polish history ⓘ
Polish–Teutonic relations ⓘ
Prussian history ⓘ
State of the Teutonic Order ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
religiousChange establishment of a Lutheran duchy ⓘ
secularization of a Catholic monastic state ⓘ
religiousContext Protestant Reformation ⓘ
linked to: Reformation
result Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach became Duke of Prussia ⓘ
Duchy of Prussia became a Polish fief ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Teutonic Order lost its monastic state in Prussia ⓘ
creation of the Duchy of Prussia ⓘ
end of the Teutonic Order’s rule in Prussia ⓘ
secularization of the Teutonic Order State in Prussia ⓘ
underSuzeraintyOf Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Polish Crown ⓘ
year 1525 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Prussia → establishedBy → Prussian Homage ⓘ
Duchy of Prussia → event → Prussian Homage ⓘ
Jan Matejko → notableWork → The Prussian Homage ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Homage
Treaty of Kraków (1525) → followedBy → Prussian Homage ⓘ
1525 Prussian Homage → alsoKnownAs → Prussian Homage ⓘ
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach → event → Prussian Homage of 1525 ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Homage
Sigismund the Old → notableFor → Prussian Homage of 1525 ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Homage
Albert, Duke of Prussia → event → Prussian Homage ⓘ