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Letter #5479

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Schmolainen (Smolajny), 1541-01-24


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 724
2rough draft in German, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 240

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 43r
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 296

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 724, p. 386 (German register)

 

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GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 724, 2 unnumbered

Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und herren, hern stain[hern]hern stain 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 StettinStettinStettin, PomeraniaPommernPomerania, / 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 WendenThe Wends hertzog, marggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNormbergNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria und furst zu RügenRugenRügen, / unserm hochgunstigen, lieben hern unnd freunde

GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 724, 1 unnumbered

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, hochgunstiger, lieber her und freundt. / Unsere freuntliche und vleiswillige dinste zuvoran. /

Euer Furstlichen D(urchlauch)t vorbitlich cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-01-19, CIDTC IDL 5016schreibencf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1541-01-19, CIDTC IDL 5016 vor ein etlichen Georg Lautenschlager (†before 1550-03-31), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern; in 1541 Kneiphof town clerc (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 399, 579)LautenschlagerGeorg Lautenschlager (†before 1550-03-31), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern; in 1541 Kneiphof town clerc (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 399, 579) / hab wir erhalten, / in dem von uns im gleit zugeben gefordert / etc. Dieweil wir aber in der sachen, / dorinnen Georg Lautenschlager (†before 1550-03-31), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern; in 1541 Kneiphof town clerc (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 399, 579)erGeorg Lautenschlager (†before 1550-03-31), subject of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern; in 1541 Kneiphof town clerc (HARTMANN 1525-1550, p. 399, 579) sich ein vormundt und procurator gemacht, / und etwan weit uber die bunde gegriffen, / mit im nichts zuthun wissen, / dorzu unser underthan unser stadt Braunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic LeagueBraunsbergBraunsberg (Braniewo), town in Ermland (Warmia), 19 km NE of Elbing (Elbląg), port on the Vistula Lagoon, a member of the Hanseatic League gehorig, / bedarff er nicht solchs gleits, / er wolde es dan zu rechte haben, / das wir im uff E(uer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t beger, der wir gerne wolgefallen thun, / erbottig. / Worinne wir auch in vil grossern E(uer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t wilferig mugen sein, / sein wir allezeitt geflissen. /

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 /