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ALBERT (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and first duke of Prussia, was the third son of Frederick of Hohenzollern, prince of Ansbach? and Bayreuth?, and Sophia , daughter of Casimir IV Jagiello of Lithuania and king of Poland and his wife Elisabeth Habsburg. |
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ALBERT (1490-1568),(Albertus in Latin, Albrecht in German) Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and first duke of Prussia, was the third son of Frederick of Hohenzollern, prince of Ansbach? and Bayreuth?, and Sophia , daughter of Casimir IV Jagiello of Lithuania and king of Poland and his wife Elisabeth Habsburg. |
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In December, Frederick, grand master of the Teutonic Order, died, and Albert, joining the order, was chosen as his successor early in 1511 in the hope that his relationship to his uncle, his mother's brother, Sigismund I Jagiello Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of Poland, would facilitate a settlement of the disputes over east Prussia, which had been held by the order under Polish suzerainty since 1466. |
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In December, Frederick, grand master of the Teutonic Order, died, and Albert, joining the order, was chosen as his successor early in 1511 in the hope that his relationship to his uncle, his mother's brother, Sigismund I Jagiello Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of Poland, would facilitate a settlement of the disputes over east Prussia, which had been held by the order under Polish suzerainty since 1466 (which was not recognized by pope or emperor). |
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He did something for the furtherance of learning by establishing schools in every town and by giving privileges to serfs who adopted a scholastic life. In 1544, in spite of some opposition, he founded the [University Koenigsberg]?, where he appointed his friend Osiander to a professorship in 1549. |
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He did something for the furtherance of learning by establishing schools in every town and by giving privileges to serfs who adopted a scholastic life. In 1544, in spite of some opposition, he founded the Koenigsberg University, where he appointed his friend Osiander to a professorship in 1549. |
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Albrecht paid for the printing of the Astronomical Tables ("Prutenische Tafeln")compiled by Erasmus Reinhold. |
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For switching to Protestantism Albrecht had been put under ban by the pope.The Habsburg imperial rulers of the Holy Roman Empire continued claiming the office of grandmaster of the Teutonic Knights as administrators of Prussia. |
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See Brandenburg,Prussia |
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Intial text from 1911 encyclopedia |
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Intial text from 1911 encyclopedia additional text |
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