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Letter #5265

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1541-08-30
            received 1541-09-01

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 788

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 47r
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 358

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 788, p. 415-416 (German register)

 

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GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 788, 2 unnumbered

Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und herren, hern 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 gnadenn marggraff zu BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg, / in Ducal PrussiaPreussenDucal Prussia, / zu StettinStetinStettin, / PomeraniaPomernPomerania, / der The Kashubians autochthon Slavic people that inhabite Kashubia – land in Gdańsk Pomerania and the eastern part of Western PomeraniaCassubenThe Kashubians autochthon Slavic people that inhabite Kashubia – land in Gdańsk Pomerania and the eastern part of Western Pomerania und The Wends WendennThe Wends hertzog, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNormbergNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria und furst zu RügenRugenRügen, / unserm hochgunstigen, lieben hern und freunde /

GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 788, 1 unnumbered

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, hochgunstiger, lieber her und freundt. / Unsere freuntliche unnd vleis willige dinste zuvoran. /

Wir haben heut dato E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-08-26, CIDTC IDL 5041schreibencf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-08-26, CIDTC IDL 5041 / belangende unsern underthan und lieben getreuen, den erbarn Christoph von Wantgau (Krzysztof Wątkowski) (fl. 1539-1548)Cristoff von WantkawChristoph von Wantgau (Krzysztof Wątkowski) (fl. 1539-1548), / erhalten, / doraus E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t Wolfgang Henningk amptman in Sehest at least from 1541amptsmans zu SehestenWolfgang Henningk amptman in Sehest at least from 1541 eingebrachten bericht vornommen. / Wollen denselben auch berurtem unserm Christoph von Wantgau (Krzysztof Wątkowski) (fl. 1539-1548)underthanChristoph von Wantgau (Krzysztof Wątkowski) (fl. 1539-1548), / sich dornach zu achten, / ferner zuschicken etc.

Von neuen zeitungen, / uber die so wir E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t jungst zugeschrieben, / ist bei uns keine. / Sonst solten die E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t, / die wir in gluckseligem zunehmen / und langwerdentem regiment / gotlichen gnaden entpfelen, / unvorhalten blieben sein. /

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 bischoff 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 /