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Albert of Prussia

Type Figure Region Prussia Time 1490–1568 Also known as Albrecht von Hohenzollern、Albert, Duke of Prussia

Albert was Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and the last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights from 1511;…

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  1. 1511–1515Malbork · PrussiaAfter being elected Grand Master in 1511 he took up residence in Malbork Castle, reforming the order's finances and military to meet Polish suzerainty demands and pressure on the eastern frontier. His Hohenzollern family background drew Prussia ever closer to German politics.
  2. 1516–1520Königsberg · PrussiaIn Königsberg and elsewhere he handled diplomacy with Sigismund I of Poland, paying tribute and maintaining a fragile peace. At the same time he encountered German Reformation ideas, preparing intellectually and politically for his later adoption of Lutheranism, the secularization of Prussia in 1525, and his assumption of the ducal title.

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