Prussian Homage

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The Prussian Homage or Tribute (German: Preußische Huldigung; Polish: hołd pruski) 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, the Duchy of Prussia became the first Protestant state, anticipating the Peace of Augsburg of 1555.

[edit] Treaty of Kraków

The Treaty of Kraków was signed on April 8.