Prussian Homage

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feudal homage ceremony historical event political act

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Prussian Homage of 1525	1
The Prussian Homage	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal homage ceremony ⓘ historical event ⓘ political act ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1525-04-10 ⓘ
depictedIn	painting "Prussian Homage" by Jan Matejko NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticConsequence	establishment of the Hohenzollern line in Prussia ⓘ
followedBy	existence of Ducal Prussia as a Polish fief ⓘ
hasParticipant	Polish nobility ⓘ Prussian estates NERFINISHED ⓘ Teutonic Knights leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedInFrontOf	Wawel Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedTo	King Sigismund I of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigismund I the Old NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSignificance	strengthened Polish influence in the Baltic region ⓘ transformed a crusading order state into a secular principality ⓘ
precededBy	Second Peace of Thorn (1466) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionAffected	Ducal Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Duchy of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish history ⓘ Polish–Teutonic relations ⓘ Prussian history ⓘ State of the Teutonic Order NERFINISHED ⓘ Teutonic Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousChange	establishment of a Lutheran duchy ⓘ secularization of a Catholic monastic state ⓘ
religiousContext	Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach became Duke of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Prussia became a Polish fief NERFINISHED ⓘ Teutonic Order lost its monastic state in Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1525 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 → Prussian Homage ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Prussian Homage

Treaty of Kraków (1525) → followedBy → Prussian Homage ⓘ

1525 Prussian Homage → alsoKnownAs → Prussian Homage ⓘ

Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach → event → Prussian Homage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Homage of 1525