CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #3814

Mencía de COLMENARES to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Palencia, 1532-02-20

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Spanish, letter and signature in the same hand, BK, 230, p. 289-292
2	register with excerpt in German, Spanish, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 617

Prints:

1	Españoles Appendix to part I, No. 1, p. 116 (excerpt)
2	RODRIGUEZ, SKOLIMOWSKA No. 23, p. 109 (Spanish register)

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Al Reverendisimo Señor, el Señor 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 Ermland⌊enbaxador de PoloniaIoannes 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⌋ en corte cesarea

Reverendisimo Señor.

Despeues que Vuestra Señoria se partio desta tierra, e estado esperando por medio de Vuestra Señoria. El señor probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prevosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ se acordaria de mi y de sus hijos, y que pues al uno quiso Dios lebar, que fue el menor, no dexaria al otro morir de anbre.

... a Vuestra Señoria se le acuerde el amistad, que avia entre el señor preboste y Vuestra Señoria y que despues de sus dias no la puede mostrar mejor, que con sus hijos y comigo, favoresciendonos en que, si el prevoste nos mando algo a mi y [su] hijo, no nos lo quiten, por que el mesmo escribio de[ng]año, que paso en esa tierra, que avia comprado un lug[ar] don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BricioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ su hijo el qual creo se llamava Alberin, pues si a mi me debia algo Vuestra Señoria, lo puede juz[gar] mas principal es mi deuda, que las otras.

Al illustrisimo señor Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌊marques de CeneteHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌋ escribo soplicando, [que] me favorezca, pues no tengo otro señor, a quien acor.... [Vuestra] Señoria me aga merced darle la carta y en demandarle me favorezca.

Y Vuestra Señoria me escriba lo que puedo esperar y si fuere posible me aga enviar el testamento, y porque espero me ara mas conplidas las mercedes que yo las sabre pedir. No alargo mas de rogar a Dios guarde a Vuestra [Señoria] por muchos años y le aga muy mayor Señor. Don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ besa las manos a Vuestra Señoria y le soplica se acuer....

De Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊PalenciaPalencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋, veinte de hebrero MDXXXII año.

Servidora de Vuestra Señoria doña Mencía de Colmenares ⌊Mencia de Colmenares Mencía de Colmenares ⌋