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Letter #4922

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-09-02
            received 1538-09-08

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 517

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 27r

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 517, p. 288-289 (German register)

 

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GStA, PK, HBA, C 1, No 517, f. 3 unnumbered

Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und herrn, herrn 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), / von Gots gnaden marggraff zu BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg, / 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 PolandPrewssenPrussia, 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, / zu StettinStetinStettin, PomeraniaPomernPomerania, / der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the KashubiansCassubenKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians und WendenWendenWenden hertzog, / burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNormbergNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria und furst zu RügenRugenRügen, unserm(m) hochgunstigen, lyben hern(n) und freunt

GStA, PK, HBA, C 1, No 517, f. 1 unnumbered

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, / hochgunstiger, lyber her und freundt. /

Wir wollen E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t guther meynung nicht bergenn, / das wir Christoff Gröbel ChristoffChristoff Gröbel und Donathus Gröbel Donathen GröbelDonathus Gröbel , / E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t lehen vorwanthen, / welche leÿder zum unfhal eins thodtslages kom(m)en seindt, / in unser(r) kirchen herschafft vergleythett / der gestaldt, / wo dis E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t entgegenn / und uns dis zuvorstendigen geruchen wurden, / woldt wir ihnen solch gleit / wider abkundigen lassen. / Dyweyl wir aber bericht worden, / das sy zu dysem betrubnis genöthiget und fast vor ursacht solthen kom(m)en sein / und Donathus Gröbel DonatussDonathus Gröbel am thodtslag nicht schuldt hadt, / ist unser fleÿssige bethe, E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t woldt sy auch under unserm furstlichen gleit / zuvorhoren und vortrag der sachen genediglich kom(m)en lassen / und ihnen von wegen dÿser unser vorschrifft ein genediger furst und her sein. / Solchs gen E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t dem almochtigen entpfolhen, / vleÿssig zuvordynen und in gleichem fhall zu beschuldenn(n), seÿ wir GStA, PK, HBA, C 1, No 517, f. 2 unnumbered altzeytt bereÿtwillig.

Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of ErmlandIoannesIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland, von Gots gnaden(n) byschoff zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia