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Letter #2043

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1539-01-11
            received [1539]-01-26

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 1596, p. 317-318

 

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Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊SigismundusSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ Dei gratia rex Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋, magnus dux Lithuania⌊LithuaniaeLithuania⌋, Rus (Russia)⌊RussiaeRus (Russia)⌋ totiusque 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 Poland⌊PrussiaePrussia, 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⌋ Mazowsze (Masovia) historic region in Central Poland, before 1526 an autonomous duchy and feud of the Kingdom of Poland, from 1526 included in the Kingdom⌊MasoviaequeMazowsze (Masovia) historic region in Central Poland, before 1526 an autonomous duchy and feud of the Kingdom of Poland, from 1526 included in the Kingdom⌋ dominus et heres

Reverende in Christo Pater, sincere nobis dilecte.

Quam a nobis dari pecuniam petiit Paternitas Vestra ad sarcienda ea incommoda et detrimenta, quae sunt quibusdam oppidis illius bello Pruthenico illata, etsi non optimi exempli rem esse videbamus periculumque subesse, ne similiter alii quoque concedi sibi rogarent, habentes tamen meritorum multorum erga nos Paternitatis Vestrae rationem, fecimus non inviti, ut eam pecuniam illi pro reficiendis oppidis donaremus. Itaque trecentas istas marcas facile patimur, ut apud se retineat atque in eum de quo scribit, usum convertat.