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	Prussian Tribute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prussian Tribute, oil on canvas, Jan Matejko, 1882, 388 x 875 cm, National Museum in Kraków.
		The Prussian Tribute (Polish: hołd pruski) was the formal investment of Albert of Prussia as duke of the Polish fief of Prussia.
		On February 10, 1525, Albert, a member of a cadet branch of the house of Hohenzollern, resigned his position as Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, became a Protestant, and received the title "Duke of Prussia" from Sigismund I King of Poland, Great Duke of Lithuania, and imperial duke of Silesia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prussian_Tribut (166 words)

	Kaliningrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result of the Thirteen Years' War between the Order and the Polish Crown, the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was reduced by the 1466 Second Treaty of Thorn to the area of later Ducal Prussia, under the overlordship of the Polish crown.
		With the secularisation of the Order's territories (1525), the first Hohenzollern ruler, Albrecht of Prussia, committed Prussian Tribut to Sigismund I, the King of Poland, and received Ducal Prussia with capital in Königsberg as a fief.
		Königsberg became one of the biggest cities and ports of Ducal Prussia, which now perhaps was considered by some as one of the members of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with considerable autonomy, a separate parliament, and currency, and with German as its dominant language.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kaliningrad (1250 words)

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		However, the rebellion was defeated and eventually, when the former capital Marienburg (Malbork) was lost to Poland, Königsberg was from 1457 the capital city of the Teutonic Order state, reduced by the 1466 Second Treaty of Thorn to area of later Ducal Prussia, under the overlordship of the Polish crown.
		With the secularisation of the Order's territories (1525, the first Hohenzollern ruler committed Prussian Tribut to Polish king and received Ducal Prussia with capital in Königsberg as a fief.
		Königsberg became one of the biggest cities and ports of Province of Prussia, which was one of the members of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with the considerable authonomy and separate parliament and currency.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/k/ka/kaliningrad.html (843 words)

	Prussian people History Curonian Vistula Lagoon East Prussia Suebi Adalbert of Prague Teutonic Knights Christianity ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Prussian people, or (old) Prussians, were Indo-European Balts inhabiting the area around the Curonian and Vistula Lagoons (i.e., Baltic Prussia).
		The first mention of the Old Prussians in historical sources is in connection with Adalbert of Prague who was slain in 997 during a crusade to Christianise the Prussians.
		The Prussians organized frequent uprisings, the most famous in 1286 and the last in 1525.
	en.powerwissen.com /VxzArhbJbhZw8e49cZxP8g==_Prussians.html (309 words)

	Kaliningrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As Königsberg (Latin Regiomontium, Polish: Królewiec) it was the capital of the German province of East Prussia, the earlier Polish fiefs of Ducal Prussia, and before that of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
		The choir contained murals from the 14th and 15th centuries, late Gothic wood carvings and ancient monuments in the Renaissance style, the chief of which was that of Albert I, Duke of Prussia (d.
		As a result of the Thirteen Years' War between the Order and the newly combined Polish-Lithuanian federation History of Poland (1385-1569), the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights was reduced by the Peace of Thorn 1466 to the area of later Ducal Prussia, held by the Order under the feudal overlordship of the Polish crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/K%c3%b6nigsberg (2422 words)

	Kaliningrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Königsberg ("king's Mountain") was founded in 1255 by the Bohemian King Ottokar II, who came to help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the Christianization effort called the Northern Crusades.
		As a result of the Thirteen Years' War between the Order and the Polish Crown, the Teutonic Order state was reduced by the 1466 Second Treaty of Thorn to the area of later Ducal Prussia, under the overlordship of the Polish crown.
		Königsberg became one of the biggest cities and ports of Ducal Prussia, which now perhaps was considered by some as one of the members of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with considerable autonomy, a separate parliament, and currency.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/k/ka/kaliningrad.html (1115 words)

	Kaliningrad Article, Kaliningrad Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Königsberg ("king's Mountain") was founded in 1255 by the Bohemian King Ottokar II, who came to help Teutonic Knights during their conquest of Prussia disguised as the Christianization effort calledthe Northern Crusades.
		With the secularisation of the Order's territories (1525), the first Hohenzollern ruler,Albrecht of Prussia, committed Prussian Tribut to the king of Poland(Sigismund I) and received Ducal Prussia with capital in Königsberg as afief.
		Königsberg became one of the biggest cities and ports of DucalPrussia, which now perhaps was considered by some as one of the members of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with considerable autonomy, a separate parliament, andcurrency.
	www.anoca.org /prussia/nigsberg/kaliningrad.html (1153 words)

	Ducal Prussia - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Albert of Prussia, a member of a cadet branch of the house of
		Hohenzollern, resigned his position, became a Protestant and received the title "Duke of Prussia" from the Polish king Sigismundus I the Elder in th act called Prussian Tribut.
		In a deal partially brokered by Martin Luther (under imperial ban since 1521), Ducal Prussia became the first Protestant state, along the lines of the later religious Peace of Augsburg.
	www.gurupedia.com /d/du/ducal_prussia.htm (330 words)

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