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Also Known As Albert of Brandenburg • Albert of Mainz • Albrecht von Brandenburg
Born June 28, 1490
Died September 24, 1545 (aged 55) • Mainz • Germany

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Albert of Brandenburg, engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 1523
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