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Albert, Duke of Prussia

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    Albert, Duke of Prussia

    Albert (German: Albrecht; Latin: Albertus; 16 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) was the 37th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia, which was the first state to adopt the Lutheran faith and Protestantism as the official state religion.
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    Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

    Albert Frederick (German: Albrecht Friedrich; 7 May 1553 Königsberg – 28 August 1618 Fischhausen) was duke of Prussia from 1568 until his death. ... | Preceded by Albert | Duke of Prussia 1568-1618 | Succeeded by John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg |
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    Albert of Hohenzollern

    Albert of Prussia or Albert of Hohenzollern (in German, Albrecht von Hohenzollern) may refer to: ... Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490–1568)
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    Prussian Homage

    Duchy of Prussia

    The Duchy of Prussia or Ducal Prussia (German: Herzogtum Preußen; Latin: Ducatus Prussiae; Polish: Prusy Książęce; Lithuanian: Prūsijos kunigaikštystė; Old Prussian: Ercōgista Prūsija[citation needed]) was a duchy in the eastern part of Prussia from 1525–1701. ... Albert, Duke of Prussia, receives eastern Prussia as a fief from King Sigismund I the Old of Poland in 1525.
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    Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg

    Adolf Friedrich II (19 October 1658 - 12 May 1708) was the first Duke of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] reigning from 1701 to his death. ... Albert, Duke of Prussia |
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    Anna Sophia II, Abbess of Quedlinburg

    Landgravine Anna Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt (17 December 1638 – 13 December 1683) was a German noblewoman who reigned as Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg under the name Anna Sophia II. ... Albert, Duke of Prussia |
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    Wilhelm von Brandenburg

    Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1498 – 1563) was the Archbishop of Riga from 1539 to 1561. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, William was the son of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, the brother of Albert, Duke of Prussia, and the grandson of Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg and Casimir IV Jagiellon.
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    Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

    She was a daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, a daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia. ... 12. Albert, Duke of Prussia
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    Stanislovas Rapalionis

    Stanislovas Rapalionis (Latin: Stanislaus Rapagellanus or Stanislaus Lituanus; 1485 – 1545) was a founder of the first Lithuanian language school in Vilnius, a professor of theology in Königsberg Albertina University, and the first translator of the Bible into Lithuanian, although this translation has not survived. ... He received his doctoral thesis in Wittenberg with a scholarship sponsored by Albert, Duke of Prussia.
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    Abraomas Kulvietis

    Abraomas Kulvietis ( Latin: Abraham Culvensis; Polish: Abraham Kulwieć ; c. 1509 – June 19, 1545) was a jurist and a professor at Königsberg Albertina University, as well as a reformer of the church. ... He was invited by Albert, Duke of Prussia together with other Lithuanian Lutherans, and together with them helped in the creation of the Königsberg Albertina University, and later he was the first professor of classic Hebrew and Greek.

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