The Peace of Crépy in September 1544 deprived him of this employment, but he had won a considerable reputation, and when Charles was preparing to attack the Schmalkaldic League, he took pains to win Albert's assistance.

Albert's education, as usual with German princes, concentrated to a great extent on military matters, but he attended lectures at the University of Bonn.

Albert's control of the region was nominal for several decades, but he engaged in a variety of military and diplomatic actions against the Wends, and saw his control become more real by the middle of the century.

On his return Nikolai Korotkov turned his mind from military to academic pursuits and translated Eduard Albert's monograph " Die Chirurgische Diagnostik " from German to Russian.

King Albert's interest in the military use of airplanes was a main impetus for its formation.

Apart from German strongholds like Stockholm, Albert was unpopular in large parts of Sweden, especially among Swedish commoners in the provinces, who were discontent with Albert's policy of appointing Germans as officials in all Swedish provinces and who suffered under his rule.

When Albert's health suffered a serious breakdown in the winter of 1613-1614, steps were taken to ensure the succession of Philip III in accordance to the Act of Cession.

The duke was forced to consent to a condemnation of the teaching of Osiander, and the climax came in 1566 when the Estates appealed to King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, Albert's cousin, who sent a commission to Königsberg.

The royal family stayed at Osborne for lengthy periods each year: in the spring for Victoria's birthday in May ; in July and August when they celebrated Albert's birthday ; and just before Christmas.

A different issue arose during Albert's last term in office when he was confronted with the Tongsun Park scandal.

In later trials, Watson and Rayner made a loud sound behind Albert's back by striking a suspended steel bar with a hammer when the baby touched the rat.

Albert's parents both died when he was a small child, leaving the boy to be raised by his eldest brother, William Henry Parsons ( 1826 – 1907 ), who was married and the proprietor of a small newspaper in Tyler, Texas, the Tyler Telegraph.

Benjamin Britten slyly invokes it at the moment in Albert Herring when Sid and Nancy spike Albert's lemonade and then again when he drinks it.

Annually, there are two days when the King normally grants membership, on April 8 ( King Albert's birthday ) and on November 15 ( Day of the Belgian Dynasty ).

It took the Habsburgs more than a century to regain the royal crown, when Albert's II great-grandson Albert V of Austria ascended to the German throne in 1438.

He was 34 years old, and a private in the 8th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry ( Prince Albert's ), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

When Carlin was approximately 26 years old, he served as a private in the 1st Battalion, 13th Regiment of the British Army, later known as The Somerset Light Infantry ( Prince Albert's ), during the Indian Mutiny when on 6 April 1858 at Azumgurh, India, he did the deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:

Leet was 45 years old, and a Major in the 1st Bn., 13th Regiment of Foot ( later The Somerset Light Infantry ( Prince Albert's )), British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place on 28 March 1879 at Battle of Hlobane, Zululand, South Africa for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross:

The conduct of the 13th at Jalalabad was officially rewarded on 26 August 1842, when Prince Albert offered his patronage to the regiment and permitted his name to be used in its title, becoming the 13th ( 1st Somersetshire ) ( Prince Albert's Light Infantry ) Regiment of Foot.

He first worked with the Knicks as a radio announcer for WFAN from 1992 – 97, when he was promoted to television play-by-play upon Marv Albert's firing following his infamous sex scandal.

Prince Albert's Regency lasted but a few days into April 2005, when Rainier III died at the age of 82.

Both Ken and David Barlow were frequent visitors at No. 1, with Ken in particular seeking solace in Albert's house when he needed to get away from family pressures.

Even over those of his own father Frank Barlow, Ken recalls Albert's words when he recounts the fatherly advice he received in the past.

Charles, anxious to secure such a famous fighter, gladly assented to Albert's demands and gave the imperial sanction to his possession of the lands taken from the bishops of Würzburg and Bamberg ; and his conspicuous bravery was of great value to the Emperor on the retreat from Metz in January 1553.

Once he was firmly established in the Northern March, Albert's covetous eye lay also on the thinly populated lands to the north and east.

In 1137 Conrad III, the Hohenstaufen King of the Germans, deprived Albert's cousin and nemesis, Henry the Proud of his Saxon duchy, which was awarded to Albert if he could take it.

Albert's personal qualities won for him the cognomen of the Bear, " not from his looks or qualities, for he was a tall handsome man, but from the cognisance on his shield, an able man, had a quick eye as well as a strong hand, and could pick what way was straightest among crooked things, was the shining figure and the great man of the North in his day, got much in the North and kept it, got Brandenburg for one there, a conspicuous country ever since ," says Carlyle, who called Albert " a restless, much-managing, wide-warring man.

This step was the beginning of the troubles which clouded the closing years of Albert's reign.

There were no longer church lands available with which to conciliate the nobles, the burden of taxation was heavy, and Albert's rule became unpopular.

The state of turmoil caused by these religious and political disputes was increased by the possibility of Albert's early death and the need, should that happen, to appoint a regent, as his only son, Albert Frederick was still a mere youth.

One of Albert's greatest contributions was his study of Dionysus the Areopagite, a mystical theologian whose words left an indelible imprint in the medieval period.

After Albert's childless death in 1621, Luxembourg passed to his great-nephew and heir Philip IV of Spain, who through his paternal grandmother Anna of Austria, queen of Spain, Albert's sister, was the primogenitural heir to the Queen Elisabeth of Poland.

It was Albert's absence from Game 7 of the Rangers – Devils Conference Championship game that led to Rose's famed Matteau, Matteau, Matteau call.

Sir Albert's leadership was briefly challenged by Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister John Karefa-Smart, who questioned Sir Albert's succession to the SLPP leadership position.

Albert himself descended from Béla IV of Hungary through his daughter Ilona whose descendant was a princess of Brieg who became Albert's ancestress the countess of Hainaut and Holland, and from a younger sister of Queen Elisabeth of Bohemia, thus descending from both Constances of Hungary, and also from King Géza II of Hungary through his daughter Elisabeth who married Bedrich of Czech, their daughter being an ancestress of Albert's maternal Bavarian line.

On Duke Albert's death in 1404, he was succeeded in the Netherlands by his eldest son, William.

Albert's main attention afterwards was claimed by the business of the empire.

The theological preparation of the Carmelites was strengthened, particularly with the foundation of St. Albert's College in Rome.

Albert's successor, Democrat Tip O ' Neill, was a prominent Speaker because of his public opposition to the policies of President Ronald Reagan.

At the same time, Elizabeth was courted by James Stuart, Albert's equerry, until he left the prince's service for a better-paid job in the American oil business.

In 1389, Albert's forces were defeated at the Battle of Falköping in Västergötland.

In a battle near Enköping in 1365 between Albert's German forces and king Magnus Eriksson's forces, supported by king Haakon VI of Norway ( Magnus ' son ), Magnus was defeated and taken prisoner by Albert.