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Germany, German Order of the Teutonic Knights. Albert von Brandenburg-Ansbach AR Groschen. Königsberg, AD 1523. Crest of the Brandenburg eagle on long cross / Crest of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights on long cross. Neumann 39; Vossberg 1279. 1.38g, 19mm, 7h.
Toned, Very Fine.
The last Grand Master, Albert converted to Lutheranism and became the first monarch of the Duchy of Prussia (the secularised state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in 1525) after a four year truce following the devastating war with Poland over land in eastern Prussia. He was therefore was the first European ruler to establish Lutheranism, and thus Protestantism, as the official state religion of his lands.
Toned, Very Fine.
The last Grand Master, Albert converted to Lutheranism and became the first monarch of the Duchy of Prussia (the secularised state that emerged from the former Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in 1525) after a four year truce following the devastating war with Poland over land in eastern Prussia. He was therefore was the first European ruler to establish Lutheranism, and thus Protestantism, as the official state religion of his lands.