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Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und hern, 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)⌊AlbrechtAlbrecht 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)⌋, vo(n) Gots gnad(en) marggraff zu Brandenburg⌊BrandenburgBrandenburg⌋ etc. und hertzog in Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PreussenPrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋ etc. unserm hochgunstigen hern(n) und freunde /

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Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, hochgunstiger, vilgeliebter her und freundt. / Unser freuntliche, wÿllige dinst zuvoran. /

So wir von dyser sworen reysse von den gnaden Gottes mit den unsern wider umb gesundt anheim sein gelangt, / hab wir gefunden unsers burggraffen freunde mit namen Mattis Hans ⌊Mattis HansMattis Hans ⌋ und Kilian Gindlewski ⌊Kilian GindlowskiKilian Gindlewski ⌋, / welche sich gen E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t aus irem unvorstandt nicht recht gehalden, wÿ sichs wol geburt. / Dyweÿl nun ytzundt in dÿsen heylligen getzeytten sich zcimett vor arme, unvorstendige lewtte zu bytten, / und wir mher noch unserm stande, den ein ander, solchs zu thun schuldig, / derhalben unser freuntlich bit, E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t wolle solchen armen lewten genediglich erscheynnen / und das selbtige ÿrem unvorstandt zu messen, / sy unser vorschrÿfft lassen geniessen / und dy ungnad, so E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t uff sy geworffenn(n), zu gnaden wenden. / Das wollen wir umb E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t, der wir vil lybs und freuntlichs dinst schuldig sein, wyllig und gerne vordienen, in der gunst wir uns thun befelhen. /

Dat(u)m aus unserm slos Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊LobawLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, XIIII Marci M D XXXVII.

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⌊Ioa(n)nesIoannes 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⌋, vo(n) Gots gnad(en) colmischer bÿschoff, administrat(or) des Pomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌊byschtumbs Pomesan(n)Pomesania diocese (dioecesis Pomesaniensis)⌋