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Letter #5408

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Löbau (Lubawa), 1534-09-04


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 2, No. 77

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 632

Prints:
1BENNINGHOVEN No. 77, p. 42 (German register)

 

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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)⌊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)⌋, marggraffen zw Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋ etc. und herczog in 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⌊PrewssenPrussia, 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 gunstigen, lieben hern und frunde /

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, gunstiger, lieber her unnd frundt. / Unsere fruntliche dienst und was wir sunst vil liebs und wolgefallens vormugen zuvoran. /

Hiemit schicke wir Ewer Irbarkeit cf. Piotr TOMICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1534-08-19, CIDTC IDL 1217⌊antwurtcf. Piotr TOMICKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1534-08-19, CIDTC IDL 1217⌋ von unserm liebenn hern und freunde, dem hern Piotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌊bischoffe von KrakoPiotr Tomicki (*1464 – †1535), humanist, statesman, diplomat, one of the most trusted collaborators of King Sigismund I of Poland; 1500-1503 Chancellor of Cardinal Fryderyk Jagiellon, 1502 Gniezno Cantor, Archdeacon of Cracow, 1503-1505 servant of Jan Lubrański, Bishop of Poznań, 1504-1510 Canon of Poznań, 1506 royal scribe, 1507-1519 Grand(?) Secretary, 1509 Canon of Włocławek, 1510-1514 - of Gniezno, 1511 Custos in Kielce and Sandomierz, 1514 Bishop of Przemyśl; 1515 Crown Vice-Chancellor, 1520 Bishop of Poznań, 1523 - of Cracow; from 1524 (at least) General Collector of świętopietrze (Peter's pence), 1509 royal envoy to the Dukes of Pomerania and to Mecklenburg, 1510 - to Wallachia, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513 - to Hungary (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 268)⌋, / aus der copei des artikels / Ewr Irbarkeit beger betreffend. / Was Ewr Irbarkeit weiter von uns hir inne wirt furdren und wie Ewr Irbarkeit zw willen mugen sein, / erbitt wir uns willig. /

Was newer czeitung an uns sein gelangt, / hab wir hie beÿ lossen legen. / Hot Ewr Irbarkeit ouch dergleichen, / wolde uns die selbige mitteilen / und lossen wissen, ab aus dem zwsamne kommen zw Poznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌊PosenPoznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌋ was sol werden / oder wie lange vorlegt etc.

Uns hot ouch nicht wenig erfreuet, / das die sache mit Paul Fasolt (Paul Pasold) (†after 1549-08-13), at least in 1517 burgrave of Liebemühl; 1522-1540 starosta (Hauptmann) of Deutsch Eylau (HARTMANN 1973, No. 1148; AT 14; AT 15; AT 16/1; AT 16/2; AT 17)⌊FasoldtPaul Fasolt (Paul Pasold) (†after 1549-08-13), at least in 1517 burgrave of Liebemühl; 1522-1540 starosta (Hauptmann) of Deutsch Eylau (HARTMANN 1973, No. 1148; AT 14; AT 15; AT 16/1; AT 16/2; AT 17)⌋ hin ist gelegt. / Got der almechtig, / dem wir Ewr Irbarkeit in langweriger gesuntheit und glugkseligem zwnhemen und regirung thun befhelen, / gebe uns in seiner gnade fried zw unsern tagen.