Albert, Duke of Prussia
(1490-1568)
Duke of Prussia from 1525 to 1568
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Albert of Prussia (German: Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) was a German nobleman who was the 37th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, who 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 in the political spread of Protestantism in its early stage, ruling the Prussian lands for nearly six decades (1510–1568).
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17 May 1490 Ansbach, Germany
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20 March 1568 (aged 77) Gvardeysk, Russia
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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