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Letter #1607

Piotr OPALIŃSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1537-03-28
            received [1537]-04-07

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Polish, AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 102

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 422

Prints:
1Listy polskie 1 No. 49, p. 111-112 (in extenso)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 4, f. 102r

Miłościwy Księże Biskupie.

Rad bych i zdrowiu, i wszytkiemu dobremu W(aszej) M(iłości) tak jako sam swemu. Daj, Panie Boże, W(aszej) M(iłości) zdrowie na długie czasy.

Tak jako mi W(asza) M(iłość) teraz raczył pisać o Wilhelm von Hohenzollern (*1498 – †1563), son of Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Frederick I and Sophia, daughter of King of Poland Kazimierz IV Jagiellon; brother of Duke in Prussia Albrecht von Hohenzollern; 1532 elected bishop of Ösel–Wiek, he didn't succeed to an office; 1529-1539 coadjutor of archbishop of Riga; 1539-1561 archbishop of RigabrataWilhelm von Hohenzollern (*1498 – †1563), son of Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Frederick I and Sophia, daughter of King of Poland Kazimierz IV Jagiellon; brother of Duke in Prussia Albrecht von Hohenzollern; 1532 elected bishop of Ösel–Wiek, he didn't succeed to an office; 1529-1539 coadjutor of archbishop of Riga; 1539-1561 archbishop of Riga 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)książęcia pruskiegoAlbrecht 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), tedy rad bych J(ego) M(iłości) służył i przyczynami do krola j(ego) m(iłości) i wszelakimi obyczajmi, tak jakom powinien, jedno jako W(asza) M(iłość) wie dobrze, iż moja przyczyna u krola j(ego) m(iłości) tak jako sługi mało może być pożyteczna jeho m(iłości). A wszakoż, co może być ze mnie, chcę j(ego) m(iłość) i zalecać, i wszelakiem obyczajem się do krola j(ego) m(iłości) przyczyniać o to, co bych baczył być ku czci a pożytku j(ego) m(iłości).

Przy tym się łasce a przyaźniej W(aszej) M(iłości) poruczam.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis addictissimus Piotr Opaliński (Piotr Opaleński, Piotr Opalenicki) (*ca. 1480 – †1551), 1507-1528 royal secretary, 1528 castellan of Międzyrzec, 1529 - of Ląd, 1535 - of Gniezno, 1530 tutor of young Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon, 1537 steward of his court, 1532-1533 royal envoy to Turkey, 1536 - to Rome, Roman King Ferdinand and Emperor Charles V, 1539 - to John Zápolya (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 260)Petrus OpalenskiPiotr Opaliński (Piotr Opaleński, Piotr Opalenicki) (*ca. 1480 – †1551), 1507-1528 royal secretary, 1528 castellan of Międzyrzec, 1529 - of Ląd, 1535 - of Gniezno, 1530 tutor of young Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon, 1537 steward of his court, 1532-1533 royal envoy to Turkey, 1536 - to Rome, Roman King Ferdinand and Emperor Charles V, 1539 - to John Zápolya (WYCZAŃSKI 1990, p. 260) castellanus Gnesnensis, curiae magister 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 Sforzaregiae maiestatisSigismund 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