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Letter #5410

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


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, autograph, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 2, No. 80
2excerpt in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 645

Prints:
1GEBSER No. vol. 2, p. 157 (excerpt)
2TSCHACKERT 2/1 No. 941, p. 307 (German register)
3EHRENBERG No. 105 (excerpt)
4BENNINGHOVEN No. 80, p. 44 (German register)

 

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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)⌊Furstlicherr durchlauchtAlbrecht 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)⌋ / 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⌊PreussennPrussia, 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⌋ etc. meymm hochgunstigen, liebn hern unnd freunde

Durchlauchter, hochgebornerr furst, / hochgunstiger, lieber herr und freundt. / Meine fruntliche, willige dienst zuvorann. /

Wie wol ich dis mol Ewer Irbarkeit nichts sunders zu schreibenn hab, / mocht ich dennoch dissen Ewer Irbarkeit moler, Crispin Herranth (†1549), pupil of Albrecht Dürer; painter at Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbachs court⌊meister CrispinCrispin Herranth (†1549), pupil of Albrecht Dürer; painter at Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbachs court⌋, an dissen meynenn briff von mir nicht lossenn, do nebenn fruntlich und fleissig bittend, / Ewer Irbarkeit wold nicht do wider sein, / das herr aus Ewer Irbarkeit bilden etlich stuk mir thet aus molenn, / das ich ummb Ewer Irbarkeit fruntlich zuvordinenn alweg wil schuldig seinn, / und bitt Got den almechtigen, das her Ewer Irbarkeit mit al den irenn in fried, / gnad, / langweriger gesuntheit, / glukseligen stand und regirung / erhalde und beware, / mich hiemit in Ewer Irbarkeit gunst befhelend etc.