Prussian Homage

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The Prussian Homage was a 1525 political act in which the Teutonic Grand Master Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach secularized the Teutonic Order’s Prussian lands and accepted them as the hereditary Duchy of Prussia under Polish suzerainty.

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Prussian Homage canonical 5
Prussian Homage of 1525 2
The Prussian Homage 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal homage ceremony
historical event
political act
country Kingdom of Poland
date 1525-04-10
depictedIn painting "Prussian Homage" by Jan Matejko
dynasticConsequence establishment of the Hohenzollern line in Prussia
followedBy existence of Ducal Prussia as a Polish fief
hasParticipant Polish nobility
Prussian estates
Teutonic Knights leadership
languageOfOath Latin
legalForm feudal investiture
oath of fealty
longTermConsequence foundation for later rise of Brandenburg-Prussia
shift in balance of power in northeastern Europe
oathType homage and fealty to the Polish king
performedBy Albert, Duke of Prussia
Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach
performedInFrontOf Wawel Cathedral
performedTo King Sigismund I of Poland
linked to: Sigismund I the Old

Sigismund I the Old
place Kraków
politicalSignificance strengthened Polish influence in the Baltic region
transformed a crusading order state into a secular principality
precededBy Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
Thirteen Years’ War
linked to: Thirteen Years' War
regionAffected Ducal Prussia
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Royal Prussia
relatedTo Duchy of Prussia
Polish history
Polish–Teutonic relations
Prussian history
State of the Teutonic Order
Teutonic Order
religiousChange establishment of a Lutheran duchy
secularization of a Catholic monastic state
religiousContext Protestant Reformation
linked to: Reformation
result Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach became Duke of Prussia
Duchy of Prussia became a Polish fief
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Teutonic Order lost its monastic state in Prussia
creation of the Duchy of Prussia
end of the Teutonic Order’s rule in Prussia
secularization of the Teutonic Order State in Prussia
underSuzeraintyOf Kingdom of Poland
Polish Crown
year 1525

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Duchy of Prussia establishedBy Prussian Homage
Duchy of Prussia event Prussian Homage
Jan Matejko notableWork The Prussian Homage
linked to: Prussian Homage
Treaty of Kraków (1525) followedBy Prussian Homage
1525 Prussian Homage alsoKnownAs Prussian Homage
Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach event Prussian Homage of 1525
linked to: Prussian Homage
Sigismund the Old notableFor Prussian Homage of 1525
linked to: Prussian Homage
Albert, Duke of Prussia event Prussian Homage