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Letter #5720

Sigismund I Jagiellon to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1545-03-20
            received Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1545-04-02

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, AGAD, AZ, 2999, f. 250
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 62 (TN), No. 14, p. 57
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 284, No. 156, p. 348
4copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 218

 

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BNW, BOZ, 953, f. 250r

Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊SigismundusSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ Dei gratia rex Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom⌋, supremus 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⌋que etc. dominus et heres

Reverende in Christo Pater, domine, sincere nobis dilecte.

Quod cf. , CIDTC IDL 7738⌊scribitcf. , CIDTC IDL 7738⌋ Paternitas Vestra queri Nobility of Royal Prussia ⌊nobilitatemNobility of Royal Prussia ⌋, quod incommodum illi lustrationis tempus designatum sit ac protractiorem terminum petere, nos id non gravatim concedimus. Et quoniam contra crucis hostes lustratio haec fieri debet, terminum assignamus 1545-09-15⌊postridie Exaltationis Sanctae Crucis1545-09-15⌋, ut ad eum diem lustratio fiat. Qua de re praefectos omnes et capitaneos arcium et oppidorum nostrorum certiores fieri per Paternitatem Vestram volumus, ut ad eum diem in procinctu esse omnes iubeant neque alia hac de re mandata nostra exspectent. Factura Paternitas Vestra pro fide atque officio suo.

Ex mandato s(acrae) or s(erenissimae)⌈s(acrae)s(acrae) or s(erenissimae)⌉ regiae maiestatis proprio