A History of European Nations From the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the
A History of European Nations From the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the
Rappoport Angelo Solomon
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After his death a similar struggle was continued by his sons. One of them, Albert, surnamed Achilles for his valour, and Ulysses for his pru- dence, gave proof of the latter quality by promulgating a decree in 1473, by which the margraviat was made for ever indivisible. The eldest son was to inherit the whole territory, and thus the Hohen- zollerns escaped the danger of indefinite divisions such as have stunted so many princely dynasties of Germany. Secularization of Prussia (1525) — Its Reunio...n and the Margraviat (161 8). — The electors of Brandenburg played a very obscure role during the sixteenth century ; the only two facts of importance in their history are their adherence to Protestantism and the seculariza- tion of Prussia. The country had been conquered and colonized by the Order of the Teutonic Knights ; in 1525 the Grand Master Albert 236 i FOUNDATION OF KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA 237 of Brandenburg, of the younger branch of the HohenzoUerns, having embraced Lutheranism, secularized Prussia and declared himself hereditary duke under the suzerainty of the king of Poland.
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