For one thing, says Mr. Ostergard, the Prussian and Austrian rulers gave iron a political spin.

They thought he was plotting with the Prussian and Austrian rulers to invade France.

Following the Treaty of Bromberg (1657), Prussian rulers were no longer regarded as vassals of Polish kings.

(This explains the small amount of attention given them by contemporary theorists of enlightenment in contrast to the adulation lavished on the Prussian and Russian rulers.)

Hieronymous is holding the sword with which Albrecht will be knighted stiffly as a warning to the Prussian ruler.

The Prussian ruler was also a recipient of other, including territorial (Lębork and Bytów fiefs, Draheim Starostwo), privileges.

The Prussian estates ended up with a homage obligation when a new duke is inaugurated, and an eternal alliance required a Prussian ruler to provide modest assistance to the Commonwealth in case of war.

The monument of the Great Elector (Denkmal des Großen Kurfürsten) stands alongside the Weser bridgehead to commemorate the first Prussian ruler of Minden.

At the same time the mathematical intricacy of the music recalls another civilization, one in which the Prussian ruler Frederick the Great had the luxury of commissioning the score.

The fortress, later designated a castle, was the residence of the Grandmasters of the Teutonic Order and later residence for Prussian rulers.