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Letter #4004

Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Königsberg, 1536-02-13

received 1536-02-19

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, BCz, 403, p. 11-12
2	office copy in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 65, p. 15-16
3	excerpt in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 174

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 167

Prints:

1	BENNINGHOVEN No. 101, p. 55 (German register)

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BCz, 403, p. 12

Dem Erwirdigennin Got unnserm besondernn liebenn freunt herrnn 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⌊Johansen bischoffenn zu ColmennseheIoannes 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⌋

BCz, 403, p. 11

Unnsr freuntlich diennst zuvornn.

Erwirdiger in Got, besonnder lieber freunt. /

Nachdem unnns E(uer) L(ieb) jungst mit yrer cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Löbau (Lubawa), 1536-02-01, CIDTC IDL 5417⌊schriefftcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Löbau (Lubawa), 1536-02-01, CIDTC IDL 5417⌋ / durch derselbenn bruder / ersucht / unnd danebenn eynn abschrifft ehrnn Cornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌊Cornelii SceperiCornelis De Schepper (Cornelius Scepperus, Cornelis De Dobbele, Cornelius Duplicius) (*1503 – †1555), erudite, diplomat in the Habsburgs' service; close friend of Ioannes Dantiscus; initially in the service of Christian II of Oldenburg, King of Denmark; 1526 secretary and councillor to Emperor Charles V of Habsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 218-220; DE VOCHT 1961, p. 15-24)⌋ ann E(uer) L(ieb) aussganngen cf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Brussels, 1535-12-06, CIDTC IDL 1379⌊schreibenncf. Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS Brussels, 1535-12-06, CIDTC IDL 1379⌋ / zugeschickt. / Mitt freuntlicher bit, E(uer) L(ieb) darauf unnsern rath mitzuteilenn. / Also habenn wir auf solch E(uer) L(ieb) freuntlich begernn, auch ubersanndter copeÿ / unnsernn rath und gutbedunckenn derselbenn mitzuteilenn nicht unntherlassenn wollenn. / Wie sich dann E(uer) L(ieb) hiebeiligennde daraus zuersehenn habenn. / Nicht zweiffelende, E(uer) L(ieb) werdenn solchenn nu mher wol weitere mass unnd form nach gestalt unnd gelegennheit / des handels zugebenn wissenn. / Dann E(uer) L(ieb) vil freuntlichs nachparlichs wilenns zuerzeigenn, / seint wir urbutig.

Da(tum) Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonigspergkKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋, denn 13. Februarii anno etc. XXXVI-t(en).

Vonn Gots gnadenn 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)⌊Albrecht marggraf zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgkBrandenburg⌋, in Ducal Prussia⌊PreussennDucal Prussia⌋, zu Stettin⌊StettinStettin⌋, Pomerania⌊PomernPomerania⌋, der Kashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌊CassubenKashubia (Kaszuby, Cassubia, Cassubae), region in Gdańsk Pomerania and eastern part of Western Pomerania, inhabited by an autochthon Slavic people – the Kashubians⌋ und Wenden⌊WendenWenden⌋ hertzogAlbrecht 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)⌋, burggraf zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌊NurnbergkNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria⌋ und furst zu Rügen⌊RugenRügen⌋