Prussian Homage
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The Prussian Homage or Tribute (German: ; Polish: ) was the formal investment of Albert of Prussia as duke of the Polish fief of Ducal Prussia.
Albert, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and a member of the House of Hohenzollern, visited Martin Luther at Wittenberg and soon therefter became sympathetic to Protestantism. On April 10, 1525, in the market of the Polish capital Kraków, Albert resigned his position as Grand Master to become a Lutheran and receive the title "Duke of Prussia" from King Zygmunt I the Old of Poland. In a deal partially brokered by Luther, Ducal Prussia became the first Protestant state, along the lines of the later religious Peace of Augsburg.
Treaty of Kraków
The Treaty of Kraków was signed on April 8.
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