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Albany was created by consolidating Fort Nassau, Fort Orange and Bevenwyck which were trading posts of the Dutch West India Company and renamed it Albany after James II, Duke of Albany after they conquered New Netherlands.

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Albany has been derived form the word ALBA which is s the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.

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Albany is one of the hereditary Dukedoms of the British Monarchy.

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