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Grand Master Albert now journeys to Wittenberg, …

Years: 1522 - 1522

Grand Master Albert now journeys to Wittenberg, where he is advised by Martin Luther to abandon the rules of his Order, to marry, and to convert Prussia into a hereditary duchy for himself.

This proposal, which is understandably appealing to Albert, had already been discussed by some of his relatives; but it is necessary to proceed cautiously, and he assures Pope Adrian VI that he is anxious to reform the Order and punish the knights who had adopted Lutheran doctrines.

Luther for his part does not stop at the suggestion, but in order to facilitate the change makes special efforts to spread his teaching among the Prussians, while Albert's brother, Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach, lays the scheme before their uncle, Sigismund of Poland.

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