Albert, Duke of Prussia

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German prince duke former Grand Master of the Teutonic Order human

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Albert I, Duke of Prussia	6
Albert of Prussia	2
Duke of Prussia	2
Duke Albert of Prussia	1

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (13)

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

Andreas Osiander → associatedWith → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke Albert of Prussia

Duchy of Prussia → firstDuke → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert of Prussia

Duke of Prussia → firstHolder → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ

Albertus University → foundedBy → Albert, Duke of Prussia ⓘ