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ALBERT (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
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ALBERT (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
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and Sophia , daughter of Casimir IV Jagiello of Lithuania and king of [[Poland] and his wife Elisabeth Habsburg]. |
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and Sophia , daughter of Casimir IV Jagiello of Lithuania and king of Poland and his wife Elisabeth Habsburg. |
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See History of Germany Born at Ansbach on the 16th of May 1490, he was intended for the church, and passed some time at the court of Hermann, elector of Cologne, who appointed him to a canonry in his cathedral. |
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Born at Ansbach on the 16th of May 1490, he was intended for the church, and passed some time at the court of Hermann, elector of Cologne, who appointed him to a canonry in his cathedral. |
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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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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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The new master, however, showed no desire to be conciliatory, and as war |
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The new master, however, showed no desire to be conciliatory, and as war |
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See History of Germany |
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