Reverendissimo domino, domino 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⌊Ioanni DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, episcopo Culmensi, serenissimi Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊Poloniae regisSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ oratori apud Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesaream maiestatemCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋, domino suo gratioso et observandissimo

Reverendissime Domine, Domine observandissime. Post servitiorum meorum commendationem.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌊Litteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌋ Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationis de 20 Iulii ad me datae una cum fasciculo ad illustrissimum et magnificum dominum, dominum Krzysztof Szydłowiecki (*1466 – †1532), one of the most trusted advisors of the King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1497-1507 Marshal of the court of prince Sigismund Jagiellon, Cracow master of pantry; 1507-1510 court treasurer; 1509 castellan of Sandomierz; 1511 Vice-Chancellor of the Crown; 1515 - grand chancellor; 1515-1527 Voivode of Cracow; 1515 - Starost; 1527-1532 - Castellan⌊castellanum CracoviensemKrzysztof Szydłowiecki (*1466 – †1532), one of the most trusted advisors of the King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1497-1507 Marshal of the court of prince Sigismund Jagiellon, Cracow master of pantry; 1507-1510 court treasurer; 1509 castellan of Sandomierz; 1511 Vice-Chancellor of the Crown; 1515 - grand chancellor; 1515-1527 Voivode of Cracow; 1515 - Starost; 1527-1532 - Castellan⌋ sunt mihi praesentatae undecima praesentis, quando ingrediebar fines Styria (Stiria, Herzogtum Steiermark), duchy in eastcentral Europe, today in southern Austria (Bundesland Steiermark) and northeastern Slovenia⌊StyriaeStyria (Stiria, Herzogtum Steiermark), duchy in eastcentral Europe, today in southern Austria (Bundesland Steiermark) and northeastern Slovenia⌋[1]. Quem fasciculum eadem die per postas ex Khinberg[2] Vienna (Wien, Vienna), city in eastern Austria, on the Danube river⌊ViennamVienna (Wien, Vienna), city in eastern Austria, on the Danube river⌋ versus misi inconiungendo magistro postarum Viennae exsistenti[3] cito diligentissime curet, illum Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌊CracoviamCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland⌋ mittat. Quod sine dubio facturum confido. Et si quod in multo maiori possem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi inservire, id animi desiderio facerem et faciam semper. cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-08-10, CIDTC IDL 667⌊Scripsicf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-08-10, CIDTC IDL 667⌋ Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi ant<e> paucos dies reditum meum ex Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PoloniaPoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ et quod illic egerim, fasciculumque illum tunc ad me missum in manus domini Nikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌊Nicolai NypschitiNikolaus Nibschitz (Mikołaj Nipszyc) (*ca. 1483 – †1541), royal courtier, diplomat in the service of Sigismund I and Albrecht von Hohenzollern-Ansbach, Dantiscus' friend; from 1525 until his death an official representative of Duke Albrecht at the Cracow royal court; from 1532 royal secretary; 1519 royal envoy to Albrecht von Hohenzollern, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, 1525, 1526 envoy to Hungary, 1527 envoy to the Congress in Wrocław, 1531-1533, 1537 envoy to Ferdinand I of Habsburg, 1535-1537, 1540 envoy to Brandenburg, 1536 envoy to the estates of Livonia⌋ consignasse[4]. Ab eo tempore non est, quod dignum sit ad Vestram Reverendissimam Dominationem perscribere, nisi quod dominus meus Leonardus de Nogarola (Leonardus de Nogarelli, Leonardus de Nugarolis) (†after 1540-08-18), humanist and diplomat in the service of the Habsburgs; chamberlain and councillor of Ferdinand I of Habsburg; 1511, 1526 (together with Sigismund von Herberstein) the Habsburgs' envoy to Hungary; 1527 (together with Herberstein and Giovanni Francesco da Potenza) envoy of Emperor Charles V to Moscow; in 1532 conducted negotiations on behalf of Ferdinand I concerning a lifelong peace with Suleiman I; 1535 ambassador of Ferdinand I at the court of Charles V (WIJACZKA 1998, p. 148, 187-192, 269; POCIECHA 2, p. 205-207, 532, footnote 247; POCIECHA 4, p. 75, 108, 127, 155-156, 159, 266)⌊comes NugarolisLeonardus de Nogarola (Leonardus de Nogarelli, Leonardus de Nugarolis) (†after 1540-08-18), humanist and diplomat in the service of the Habsburgs; chamberlain and councillor of Ferdinand I of Habsburg; 1511, 1526 (together with Sigismund von Herberstein) the Habsburgs' envoy to Hungary; 1527 (together with Herberstein and Giovanni Francesco da Potenza) envoy of Emperor Charles V to Moscow; in 1532 conducted negotiations on behalf of Ferdinand I concerning a lifelong peace with Suleiman I; 1535 ambassador of Ferdinand I at the court of Charles V (WIJACZKA 1998, p. 148, 187-192, 269; POCIECHA 2, p. 205-207, 532, footnote 247; POCIECHA 4, p. 75, 108, 127, 155-156, 159, 266)⌋ sollicitus est admodum suis litteris, ut saltem litterae Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae diligentissime per me curentur. Atque ita Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi me et servitia mea denuo commendo.

Ex aedibus Helena von Graswein (†after 1542), daughter of Wilhelm von Graswein, widow of Wolf von Saurau, with whom she had no progeny, wife od Sigmund von Herberstein since September 1522, sister of Wolfgang von Graswein (HERBERSTEIN 1855, p. 263; HERBERSTEIN 1868, pp. 388-389; WIESFLECKER 1989, p. 8)⌊coniugis meaeHelena von Graswein (†after 1542), daughter of Wilhelm von Graswein, widow of Wolf von Saurau, with whom she had no progeny, wife od Sigmund von Herberstein since September 1522, sister of Wolfgang von Graswein (HERBERSTEIN 1855, p. 263; HERBERSTEIN 1868, pp. 388-389; WIESFLECKER 1989, p. 8)⌋ Grub, locality in central Austria, Styria, Voitsberg district, near Piber village, NW of Graz, residence of Helena von Graswein, wife of Sigmund von Herberstein; not marked on today's maps⌊GruebGrub, locality in central Austria, Styria, Voitsberg district, near Piber village, NW of Graz, residence of Helena von Graswein, wife of Sigmund von Herberstein; not marked on today's maps⌋[6], 17 Augusti anno Domini 1531.

Eiusdem Vestrae Reverendissimae Dominationi deditissimus Sigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌊Sigismundus ab HerbersteinSigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌋.

[1 ] After returning from his mission to Cracow, Herberstein traveled via České Budějovice (Ger. Budweiss) and Vienna to his Klamm Castle near Schottwien am Semmering (see cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Klamm, 1522-07-06, CIDTC IDL 155⌊IDL 155cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Klamm, 1522-07-06, CIDTC IDL 155⌋, footnote 4), from where he went to his family estates in Western and historical Lower Styria (Untersteiermark, today’s northeastern Slovenia), including Pettau (Slov. Ptuj) (see cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊HERBERSTEIN 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 295, cf. cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-08-10, CIDTC IDL 667⌊IDL 667cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Klamm, 1531-08-10, CIDTC IDL 667⌋, footnote 15, 18; cf. footnote 5 below)

[2 ] See cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊HERBERSTEIN 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 300, with a description of the journey from Schottwien to Graz in 1532

[3 ] Probably a reference to the Viennese postmaster of the court post (Hofpost) of Ferdinand I, established in 1523 under the administration of Gabriel von Taxis, or to the Viennese postmaster of the imperial post, whose general administrator was Johann Baptista von Taxis (c. 1470-1541), appointed by Emperor Charles V in 1520 (cf. cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vienna, 1531-02-03, CIDTC IDL 588⌊IDL 588cf. Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS Vienna, 1531-02-03, CIDTC IDL 588⌋, footnote 3, cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌊IDL 654cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌋, footnote 3)

[4 ] See cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌊IDL 654cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Brussels, 1531-07-20, CIDTC IDL 654⌋, footnote 3

[6 ] In September 1522, the wedding of Herberstein and Helena von Graswein took place in Grub. The estate and residence at Grub bei Piber (described as a Schloss in 1580) remained in Helena von Graswein’s hands after the death of herfirst husband Wolf von Saurau, probably as pledged security for her dowry, and one can assume it was used by her at least until 1542. Apart from records in the Styrian land registers, this residence’s location near Piber (and not, as the publisher of Selbstbiographie suggested, near Weiz – northeast of Graz)is also suggested by Herberstein’s itineraria from the years 1522, 1531 and 1532 in his Selbstbiographie (see cf. Die Urbare, urbarialen Aufzeihnungen und Grundbücher der Steiermark. Gesamtverzeichnis mit Ausschluss der Herrschaften und Gülten der ehemalig Untersteiermark, unter Berücksichtigung landschaftlicher Steuerregister, der 'Gültschätzung 1542' und der Theresianischen Steuerrektifikation, vol. Band 3/I: A-J, Graz, 1967 ⌊Pichler III/1cf. Die Urbare, urbarialen Aufzeihnungen und Grundbücher der Steiermark. Gesamtverzeichnis mit Ausschluss der Herrschaften und Gülten der ehemalig Untersteiermark, unter Berücksichtigung landschaftlicher Steuerregister, der 'Gültschätzung 1542' und der Theresianischen Steuerrektifikation, vol. Band 3/I: A-J, Graz, 1967 ⌋, No. 413, p. 459-460; cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌊HERBERSTEIN 1855cf. Sigmund Herberstein, Sigmunds von Herberstein Selbstbiographie, ed. by Th. G. von Karajan, Wien, 1855, series: Fontes Rerum Austriacarum I Abteilung, Scriptores Band 1 ⌋, p. 263, 295, 300)