Albert, Duke of Prussia
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Albert of Prussia was a German prince who was the 37th grand master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1528
As grand master of the Teutonic Order, painting from 1522
Groschen of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Albert.
Prussian Homage: Albert and his brothers receive the Duchy of Prussia as a fief from Polish King Sigismund I the Old, 1525. Painting by Matejko, 1882.
State of the Teutonic Order
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The State of the Teutonic Order was a theocratic state located along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea in northern Europe. It was formed by the knights of the Teutonic Order during the early 13
Albert, Duke of Prussia
…Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, became the first ruler of the Duchy of Prussia, the secularized state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. Albert was the first European ruler to establish Lutheranism, and thus Protestantism, as the official state religion of his lands. He proved instrumental…
The Battle of Grunwald (1410) marked the start of the decline of the State of the Teutonic Order, 19th century painting by Jan Matejko
The Polish–Teutonic peace treaty of 1466 made the Teutonic state a fief of the Kingdom of Poland
Subdvisions of the Teutonic state in Prussia