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Letter #4827

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 339

Prints:
1Spicilegium p. 288-289 (in extenso)
2SIKORSKI 1968 No. 481, p. 125 (Polish register)
3Kopernik na Warmii No. 517, p. 509 (Polish register)
4RC No. 460, p. 195 (English register)
5NCG 6/1 No. 163, p. 308-309 (in extenso; German translation)

 

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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Ea, quae nobis ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌈ill(ustrissimus)ill(ustrissimus) or ill(ustris)⌉ dominus 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)⌊duxAlbrecht 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)⌋ vicinus noster ad cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-03, CIDTC IDL 4897⌊novissimas nostrascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-03, CIDTC IDL 4897⌋ cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-06-05, CIDTC IDL 5029⌊responderitcf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-06-05, CIDTC IDL 5029⌋ et quae hodie cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08, CIDTC IDL 4898⌊rescripsimuscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08, CIDTC IDL 4898⌋, ex adiunctis intelligent. Erit itaque scriptio nostra ad 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)⌊illumAlbrecht 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)⌋ concepta quibusdam in locis mutanda, quod quomodo fieri debeat, mutua inter nos opus est consultatione.[1] Proinde, ut cras superinscribed, in the hand of other⌈1541-06-09⌊cras1541-06-09⌋cras superinscribed, in the hand of other⌉ venerabiles fratres nostri dominus Paweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌊praepositusPaweł Płotowski (*ca. 1485 – †1547), in 1523, after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański), Płotowski was one of the King's four candidates for the post of the bishop of Ermland; in 1530 and 1537, after the death of Jan Konopacki (Johann von Konopat) Sr and Dantiscus' transfer to the bishopric of Ermland, he made an effort to obtain the dignity of bishop of Kulm; from 1522 Provost of the Ermland (Warmia) Chapter, and from 1523 Canon of Ermland; secretary to Crown Grand Chancellor Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, and from 1533 royal secretary and courtier; in the thirties and forties several times royal envoy to the Royal Prussian Estates (SBKW, p. 191; KOPICZKO 2, p. 249-250)⌋ cum domino Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊doctore NicolaoNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋ nobiscum Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌊hicBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League⌋ ante prandii tempus conveniant, operae pretium esse putamus, communiter de iis, quae tum nostras, tum res Fraternitatum Vestrarum attingunt, consulturi.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.