Wir, Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌊IoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), diplomat, neo-Latin poet and traveller; 1504 royal scribe; 1507 referendary for Prussian affairs at the court of Sigismund Jagiellon; 1508-1513 royal envoy to Prussian towns and to the Prussian assemblies; 1515 secretary of the Polish legation at the imperial court; in 1516-1532 envoy in the service of the king of Poland Sigismund Jagiellon and emperors Maximilian and Charles V of Habsburg; 1529 Kulm canon; 1530-1537 bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 bishop of Ermland⌋ von Gots gnaden etc. thun kunt idermeniglich und nemlich eynem ersamenn rothe und erbernn gerichte der koniglichen stat Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌊DanczkeGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ / das wir aus unser obersterr vormuntschafft unser Ursula von Höfen (Ursula Flachsbinder), Dantiscus’ sister, wife of Johann Reisen, mother of Justine, Ursule, and Augustin; then wife of Zacharias Lehmann, mother of Johann Lehmann⌊svesterUrsula von Höfen (Ursula Flachsbinder), Dantiscus’ sister, wife of Johann Reisen, mother of Justine, Ursule, and Augustin; then wife of Zacharias Lehmann, mother of Johann Lehmann⌋ kindernn Augustin Reisen (Augustin Reisze), Dantiscus' relative, perhaps his nephew (a son of Ursula and Johann Reise) (NOWAK 1982, p. 45)⌊AugsteinAugustin Reisen (Augustin Reisze), Dantiscus' relative, perhaps his nephew (a son of Ursula and Johann Reise) (NOWAK 1982, p. 45)⌋ und Ursule Reisen Dantiscus' nephew, dauthgter of his sister Ursula von Höfen ⌊Ursulenn ResenUrsule Reisen Dantiscus' nephew, dauthgter of his sister Ursula von Höfen ⌋ / in zu irem erbteil das in von irem vater Johann Reisen husband of Dantiscus' sister Ursula⌊Hans ResenJohann Reisen husband of Dantiscus' sister Ursula⌋ selig zu kompt / zu teilenn und entphangenn zu vormunder haben gekoren und in krafft dis briffs seczen / ins erst iren grosvater den vorsichtig[en] Peter Reisen ⌊Peter ResePeter Reisen ⌋ / und unseren ohem Heinrich Schultze ⌊Heinrich Sch
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