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Letter #2780

Elisabeth of Austria to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Vilnius, 1545-01-04
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1545-01-14

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1618, p. 319-322 (269-272)

Prints:
1PRZEŹDZIECKI 1 p. 297 (in extenso)

 

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Bcz, 1618, p. 319 (269)

Elisabeth of Austria (Elizabeth von Habsburg) (*1526 – †1545), Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania; first wife of Sigismund II August Jagiellon (1543-1545), daughter of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, and Anna Jagiellon⌊ElizabethElisabeth of Austria (Elizabeth von Habsburg) (*1526 – †1545), Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania; first wife of Sigismund II August Jagiellon (1543-1545), daughter of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, and Anna Jagiellon⌋ Dei gratia regina Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌋, magna dux Lithuania⌊LituaniaeLithuania⌋, Rus (Russia)⌊RussiaeRus (Russia)⌋, Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By 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 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants 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), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By 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⌊MasoviaeMazowsze (Masovia) historic region in Central Poland, before 1526 an autonomous duchy and feud of the Kingdom of Poland, from 1526 included in the Kingdom⌋, Samogitia (Żmudź, Žemaitija)⌊SamogithiaeSamogitia (Żmudź, Žemaitija)⌋ etc. domina

Reverende in Christo Pater, sincere nobis dilecte.

Redditae sunt nobis cf. , CIDTC IDL 7658⌊litteraecf. , CIDTC IDL 7658⌋ Paternitatis Vestrae et imago Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), in Christianity the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament⌊SalvatorisJesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), in Christianity the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament⌋ nostri, quam Paternitas Vestra misit, faustum et felicem hunc novum annum ineuntem nobis ex animo comprecans. Quod quidem monumentum et per se ipsum nobis carissimum est, et animum Paternitatis Vestrae erga nos magni facimus curabimusque, ubi poterimus, ut apud Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌊serenissimum dominum et coniugemSigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (Zygmunt II August) (*1520 – †1572), 1529-1572 Grand Duke of Lithuania (ruled from 1544); 1530-1572 King of Poland (crowned vivente rege (ruled from 1548, after the death of his father); son of Sigismund I Jagiellon and Bona Sforza⌋ nostrum colendissimum per omnem occasionem hunc affectum, studium et observantiam Paternitatis Vestrae referamus. Illamque id, a quod desiderat, favore nostro semper complectemur.

Quam bene valere optamus.