Albert
MARGRAVE OF BRAN- DENBURG, and first Duke of Prussia, was born in 1490. He was elected, in 1511, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, which held dominion over Prussia proper, that part of the former Kingdom of Prussia which borders on the Baltic Sea. He fought against Sigismund, King of Poland, for the defense of his order, which had been for ages at war with the Poles. Peace was made in 1525, at Cracow, in which Albert managed to have che Duchy of Prussia secured to himself and his descendants as a fief of the crown of Poland, thus laying aside the rights of the order. Albert, some time after, embraced the Protestant faith, and married a princess of Denmark. One of his descendants, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, threw off the allegiance of Poland, and his son, Frederick I., changed the title of duke into that of King of Prussia in 1701.
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Albert (II)
PRINCE CONSORT, was born at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg, Aug. 26, 1819, the younger son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, by his first marriage with Louisa, daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After a careful domestic education, the prince, along with his elder brother, studied at Brussels and Bonn (1836-1838). This prince the young Queen of Great Britain selected as her partner for life. They met first in 1836, and the marriage was celebrated in London on Feb. 10, 1840, when Prince Albert received the title of Royal Highness, was naturalized as a subject of Great Britain, and obtained the rank of field-marshal. The title of Consort of Her Most Gracious Majesty was formally conferred in 1842, and that of Prince Consort in 1857. Notwithstanding his high and favored position, he abstained from undue meddling with state affairs, and thus escaped the jealousy and detraction of parties. He devoted himself to the encouragement and promotion of science and art, appearing as the patron of many useful associations and public undertakings. The Exhibition of 1851 owed much to his strong interest. As regards Continental politics, his ruling idea was that Prussia should be supreme in Germany. He died of typhoid fever at Windsor Castle, Dec. 14, 1861.
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Albert (III)
PRINCE OF MECKLEN- BURG, was called to the throne of Sweden, 1364, by the nobility, who had deposed King Magnus. The Swedes being dissatisfied with Albert, who favored his German countrymen at their expense, offered the crown to Margaret, Queen of Denmark and Norway. After several years of war, Albert lost the decisive battle of Falköping, 1388, 1388, and was made a prisoner. Peace, however, was not reestablished in Sweden till 1395, when Albert consented to give up his claims to the crown. He then retired to Mecklenburg, where he died. ALBERT EDWARD NYANZA (Muta- Nzige, southern Luto Nzige), a lake of equatorial Africa, discovered by Stanley in 1876, and again visited by him in 1889. It occupies the southern end of a vast natural depression, of which the Albert Nyanza fills the northern extremity. It is 3,242 feet above sea-level; and beyond the depression in which it lies is a table land from 5,500 to 6,500 feet high. The water of the lake flows into the Albert Nyanza by the Semliki river.
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Albert Lea
a city of Minnesota, the county-seat of Freeborn co., about 100 miles S. of Minneapolis. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Iowa Central, and the Illinois Central railroads. Its fine natural surroundings make it a popular summer resort. It has two lakes, parks, and boulevards. In the city are a handsome court house, Albert Lea College for Women, and Luther Academy. It is the center of an extensive agricultural and dairying region. Its industries include gas-engine works and a paper-box factory, tank factories, creameries, packing houses. Pop. (1910) 6,112; (1920) 8,056.
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Albert Nyanza
ni-an za, one of the great lakes of Central Africa. It lies in the great rift between Uganda and the Congo State. Its surface is 2,720 feet above the level of the sea. The lake discharges its waters northward through the White Nile. It is ninety-seven miles in length, and is about one-fourth as wide. It is about one-fifteenth as large as the Victoria Nyanza . The shores are picturesque, mountains and cliffs rising from 1,500 to 7,000 feet above the surface of the lake. Nyanza is a Bantu word meaning great water. The lake was first visited by Sir Samuel Baker in 1864. It was named for Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. See Nyanza; Uganda 2026 Editor's Note: Still Lake Albert , on the Uganda–Congo border — but the twenty-first century brought it oil: large reserves found beneath and beside the lake are now being tapped through a long, hotly contested heated pipeline to the Indian Ocean. (Ed: BR 2026-06-20)
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Albertson
CHARLES CARROLL, an American clergyman; born in Plainfield, Ind., in 1865. He studied law and afterward theology at the Garrett Biblical Institute and the Northwestern University, and then served as pastor in several cities in New York and Pennsylvania. From 1899 to 1904 he was pastor in Philadelphia and from 1904 to 1913 he was pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Rochester, N. Y. In 1913 he became pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn . He was the founder and president of the Book Lovers' Guild and lecturer for the American Philosophical Society. He edited several works and was the author of many books, sermons, and essays including "Death and Afterwards " (1907); "College Sermons" (1912); "Distinctive Ideas of Jesus" (1915) .
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Albi
or ALBY, the capital of the department of Tarn, France; the ancient Albiga; a stronghold of the Albigenses, to whom it gave their name. The Cathedral of St. Cecilia is chiefly of the 14th century, with Italian frescoes dating from about 1505. Pop. about 25,000.
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Albigerius
A Carthaginian soothsayer mentioned by St. issued against the heretics . Augustine. He would fall into strange ecstacies in which his soul, separated from his body, would travel abroad and find out what was taking place in distant parts. He could read people's inmost thoughts, and discover anything he wished to learn. These wonders were ascribed to the agency of the Devil . St. Augustine also speaks of another case, in which the possessed man was ill of a fever. Though not in a trance, but wide awake, he saw the priest who was coming to visit him while he was yet six leagues away, and told the company assembled round his couch the exact moment when the good man would arrive.
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