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Letter #5409

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Löbau (Lubawa), 1534-10-09


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 2, No. 79

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 325, f. 6v
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 645

Prints:
1EHRENBERG No. 106 (register)
2BENNINGHOVEN No. 79, p. 43-44 (German register)

 

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GStA, PK, HBA, C 2, No 79, f. 5v

Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und hern, / hern Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)Albrecht(en)Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544), marggraff(en) zw BrandenburgBrandenburgkBrandenburg etc. und herczog(en) zw Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of PolandPrewssenPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland, / unserm grosgunstigen, liben hern unnd freunde

Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)Fua superinscribedaa superinscribedrstlicher Ir(barkei)tAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544) zw Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of PolandPrewssenPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland zwhandenn

GStA, PK, HBA, C 2, No 79, f. 1r

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, grosgunstiger, liber her unnd freundt. Unsere freuntliche, willige dinst zuvoran. /

Wir wissen E(wr) Ir(barkei)t nicht zwbergen, / das wir von unserm underthan, / meister Simon, painter in Löbau SimonnSimon, painter in Löbau , maler zwr Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)LobawLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno), / mit undertheniger bitt ersucht sein, / im in seinen anligenden sachen ein vorschrifft an E(wr) Ir(barkei)t zwgeben. / Derhalben ist an E(wr) Ir(barkei)t unser fruntlich bitt, / wolt im inn seinen sachen, / wie in beÿgelegter uns uberreichten supplication vormeldeth, / gnediglich erscheinen / und befhelenn, / das er sein geld, / so er seinem stiffsone zwgut / vor das gut Rapaty (Rappaten, Rapten), village in Ducal Prussia, Osterode (Ostróda) district, 7 km SW of Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd)RaptenRapaty (Rappaten, Rapten), village in Ducal Prussia, Osterode (Ostróda) district, 7 km SW of Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd) gegeben, / wider uberkom(m)en magk, / dan es ist landtkundig und offenbar, / das / das gut von des erben vater umb hundert und czwenczigk m(a)rgk, / wie ms. wir(!) wiewie ms. wir(!) dan in der supplication vormeldet wirt, / vorpfandt ist gewest, / und das es unser underthan, der moler, / dem stiff sone zwgut gelost hot etc. Beschulden wir widerumb E(wr) Ir(barkei)t, die wir Gote dem almechtigen in langkweriger gelugseliger regirung thun befhelen, / in solchem und grossern alczeit gerne. /

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