* Albert I, Duke of Prussia ( 1490 – 1568 ), first Duke of Prussia

Albert of Prussia (; ) ( 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568 ) was the 37th and last sovereign Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia, which was the first state to adopt the Lutheran faith and Protestantism as the official state religion.

He married secondly to Anna Maria ( 1532 – 20 March 1568 ), daughter of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in 1550.

* Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, Voivode of Moldavia ( 1552 – 1561 and 1564 – 1568 )

* 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain ( d. 1568 )

Albert Frederick (, ; 7 May 1553 Königsberg – 28 August 1618 Fischhausen ) was duke of Prussia from 1568 until his death.

* 1568 – Juan Bautista Comes, Spanish composer ( d. 1643 )

* 1568 – Honoré d ' Urfé, French writer ( d. 1625 )

# Albert of Prussia ( 17 May 1490, Ansbach – 20 March 1568, Castle Tapiau ), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and later first Duke of Prussia.

The family tree of Louis III, Duke of Württemberg | Ludwig Herzog von Württemberg ( ruled 1568 – 1593 )

* 1525 – 1568: Albert I

* 1568 – 1618: Albert II Frederick co-inheritor ( son of )

* 1568 – 1571: Joachim I / II Hector co-inheritor ( also Elector of Brandenburg )

* 1568 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman ( b. 1522 )

* 1625 – Honoré d ' Urfé, French writer ( b. 1568 )

* 1490 – Albert, Duke of Prussia ( d. 1568 )

* 1545 – Carlos, Prince of Asturias ( d. 1568 )

# Sophie ( 6 June 1568 – 7 December 1622 ), married in 1582 to Elector Christian I of Saxony

* 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

* 1568 – The Netherlands declare their independence from Spain.

* 1568 – Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years ' War.

* 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.

These treaties ended the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ) in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) between Spain and the Dutch Republic, with Spain formally recognizing the independence of the Dutch Republic.

Anti-monarchism became more strident in the Dutch Republic during and after the Eighty Years ' War, which began in 1568.

The Danish economy benefited from the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) in the Netherlands because a large number of skilled refugees from that area ( the most economically advanced in Europe ) came to Denmark.

Things went badly after the Eighty Years ' War started in 1568, but luck turned to his advantage when Protestant rebels attacking from the North Sea captured Brielle, a coastal town in present-day South Holland in 1572.

Conflicts between Philip II and his Dutch subjects led to the Eighty Years ' War, which started in 1568.

In 1568 the Eighty Years ' War began with William as stadtholder leading the bid for independence from Spain.

In the Middle Ages, Roosendaal grew as a result of the turf business, but the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) put an end to the grow.

It was led by Prince of Orange Frederick Henry, during the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) with Spain.

On 23 April 1568 the Battle of Rheindalen occurred near Roermond, which signaled the start of the Eighty Years ' War.

Despite these defences, Doetinchem was besieged many times and during the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) was besieged and conquered twice.

He was a soldier from a young age, fighting against Spain in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ), and against the Holy Roman Emperor in Germany during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 48 ).

Aalst suffered considerably under the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ).

* The Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 )

Rembrandt Night Watch ( painting ) | The Night Watch ( 1642 ) In 1568, the Seven Provinces that later signed the Union of Utrecht () started a rebellion against Philip II of Spain that led to the Eighty Years ' War.

Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere ( November 18, 1522 – June 5, 1568 ) was a general and statesman in the Habsburg Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years ' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.

Nowadays, a statue erected on the Petit Sablon / Kleine Zavel Square in Brussels commemorates the Counts of Egmont and Horn, in historical overview usually mentioned together as " Egmond en Hoorne " and hailed as the first leaders of the Dutch revolt, as the predecessors of William of Orange, who grew to importance and obtained the leadership after their execution, and who was assassinated in 1584 in Delft, having succeeded in liberating parts of The Netherlands in the early years of the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ).

What is certain is that Floris was remembered as a saint by the peasants of Holland, and that the " God of the Peasants " became a symbolic hero in the struggle for independence from Spain in the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ).

* the length of the Eighty Years ' War or Dutch revolt ( 1568 – 1648 )

Fort Bourtange was initially built during the Eighty Years ' War ( c. 1568 – 1648 ) when William I of Orange wanted to control the only road between Germany and the city of Groningen which was controlled by the Spaniards.

In the Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) it was conquered by the Spaniards in 1581, but regained by the Dutch in 1592.

The Eighty Years ' War, or Dutch War of Independence, ( 1568 – 1648 ), began as a revolt of the Seventeen Provinces

The Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) was the secession war in which the United Provinces of the Netherlands gained their independence from Spain.

The Eighty Years ' War ( 1568 – 1648 ) in the Low Countries continued to be characterized by sieges of cities and forts, while field battles were of secondary importance.