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Albert, Duke of Prussia

1490 - 1568

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Albert of Prussia (German: Albrecht von Preussen; 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568) 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 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). Albert was great-grandson of the converted pagan ruler Jogaila of Poland and Lithuania, vanquisher of the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert, Duke of Prussia is the 84th most popular nobleman (up from 115th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 522nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Nobleman.

Albert, Duke of Prussia was the husband of Queen Victoria of England. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and was the son of Prince Albert of Prussia and Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Albert, Duke of Prussia ranks 84 out of 1,415. Before him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Henry IV of England, Haakon VI of Norway, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Jeanne d'Albret, and Robert Guiscard. After him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Charles, Count of Valois, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Afonso de Albuquerque, and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Albert, Duke of Prussia ranks 2. Before him is Mimar Sinan. After him are Adrian Willaert, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Vittoria Colonna, Huáscar, Olaus Magnus, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Properzia de' Rossi. Among people deceased in 1568, Albert, Duke of Prussia ranks 3. Before him are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Elisabeth of Valois. After him are Jean Parisot de Valette, Lady Katherine Grey, Jacques Arcadelt, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert, Duke of Prussia ranks 292 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Gauck (1940), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Walther Bothe (1891), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Caroline Herschel (1750), and Albrecht Kossel (1853). After him are John of Austria (1547), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Ernst Ruska (1906), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Michael Ende (1929), and Isabeau of Bavaria (1370).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Albert, Duke of Prussia ranks 4. Before him are Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), and Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805). After him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (1660), and Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845).

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