* 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 )

# 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 )

* 1568 – Eighty Years ' War: Battle of Jemmingen – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.

# 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.

* Honoré d ' Urfé of France ( 1568 – 1625 ), writer

* June 1 – Honoré d ' Urfé, French writer ( b. 1568 )

Honoré d ' Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf ( February 11, 1568 – June 1, 1625 ) was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.

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

* 1493 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord ( d. 1568 )

* 1568 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer ( d. 1634 )

* 1568 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet ( d. 1639 )

* date unknown – Yan Song, Chinese prime minister ( d. 1568 )

** Aben Humeya, last independent king of Granada ( d. 1568 )

* July 25 – Anna of Lorraine ( d. 1568 )

* November 18 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman ( d. 1568 )

* December 28 – Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands ( d. 1568 )

** Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Friar ( d. 1568 )

** Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton ( d. 1568 )

** Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg, stadtholder of the Dutch provinces of Friesland ( d. 1568 )

* October 14 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord ( d. 1568 )

* April 2 – Elizabeth of Valois, queen of Philip II of Spain ( d. 1568 )

* July 8 – Don Carlos of Spain, son of Philip II of Spain ( d. 1568 )

** Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun ( d. 1568 )