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Letter #5220

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-20


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 588

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 33r
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 130

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 588, p. 323 (German register)

 

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Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen furstenn und herrn, hernn 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)AlbrechtenAlbrecht 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), von Gotss gnaden marggraff zu BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg, / in Ducal PrussiaPrewssenDucal Prussia, zu StettinStetinStettin, PomeraniaPomernPomerania, der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the KashubiansCassubenKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians und WendenWendenWenden hertzog, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNormbergNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria und furst zu RügenRugenRügen, unserm hochgunstigen, lyben herrn und freundt

Durchlauchter, hochgebornerr furst, hochgunstiger, lyber her und freundt. / Unsere freuntliche, wyllige dinst zuvoran. /

Ewer Furstlichen Durchlaucht cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-08-15, CIDTC IDL 4960schreybencf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1539-08-15, CIDTC IDL 4960, zu Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in RussiaKonigsbergKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia den XV dis monts an uns ausgangen, / hab wir durch ein loffenden bothen gestrigs abends spat erhalthen, / doraus wir uff das jennige, / so wir durch unsern bruder negst zu Georgenburg (Mayovka)JorgenburgGeorgenburg (Mayovka) Euer Furstlichen Durchlaucht haben lassen antragen, / den gegebnen bericht der zweyer von uns gewichnen unser underthan, / genugsam haben vorstanden. / Bedancken uns auch, das vor unserer im kortzen mit Gots hulff ankunfft / Euer Furstlichen Durchlaucht solchs, / wy wol unnotig, / aus sonderer gunstiger zuneygung / uns nicht hat woldt vorhalten, / der wir gern freuntlich in aller wylfericheyt dienen, / und dy selbte in guter gesunheyt und in aller gluckselicheyt zu sehenn, / dobey mit hertzlicher begir antzusprechen, / in gotlicher gnade / uns kurtzlich vorhoffenn.

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of ErmlandIoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland, von Gots gnaden byschoff zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelantErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia