Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
| Albert Frederick | |
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| Duke of Prussia | |
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| Duke of Prussia | |
| Reign | 1568–1618 |
| Predecessor | Albert |
| Successor | John Sigismund |
| Born |
7 May 1553 Königsberg |
| Died | 28 August 1618 (aged 65) Fischhausen |
| Spouse | Marie Eleonore of Cleves |
| Issue |
Anna, Duchess of Prussia Marie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Prince Albert Frederick Sophie, Duchess of Courland Eleonore, Electress of Brandenburg Prince Wilhelm Frederick Magdalene Sibylle, Electress of Saxony |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Albert of Prussia |
| Mother | Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Albert Frederick (German: Albrecht Friedrich, Polish: Albrecht Fryderyk; 7 May 1553, in Königsberg – 28 August 1618, in Fischhausen, Rybaki) was Duke of Prussia from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the second and last Prussian duke of the Ansbach branch of the Hohenzollern family.
Albert became Duke of Prussia after paying feudal homage to the King of Poland, Zygmunt August (Ducal Prussia was a fief of Poland), on July 19, 1569 in Lublin. The homage was described by the Polish chronicler Jan Kochanowski in his work Proporzec ("Standard"). During the 1573 Polish election, Albert Frederick attempted to gain acceptance to the Polish senate but was opposed by the powerful Jan Zamoyski (later Grand Hetman of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland) who feared the influence of Protestants in the Polish legislative body. Albert Frederick initially refused to recognize the election of Stefan Bathory and supported the candidacy of Maximilian of Habsburg. However, at the Toruń sejm of October 1576 he gave his support to the new monarch.
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