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Alexander von SCHWEIß

Alexander von Schweiß (†1533-1536), In 1522 he accompanied duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda to the Imperial court in Spain where, in 1523, he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V of Habsburg, in 1529 and 1530 he followed the Imperial court to Italy and to the Diet of Augsburg, where he was appointed to translate the Augsburg Confession into French and to read before the assembly the Catholic "Confutatio" in reply to the confession; in the summer of 1529 he played a prominent role in the litigation between Hesse and Nassau concerning the succession in the county of Katzenelbogen; at least from 1511 secretary to the council of the Landgraviate of Hesse, by 1516 at the latest secretary of duke Henry III of Nassau-Breda, 1524-1533 Imperial secretary (CE, vol. 3, p. 235)

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Results found: 5 IDL, 0 IDP, 0 IDT

1IDL  349 Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS, Monaco, 1527-06-03
2IDL 5746 Alfonso de VALDÉS to Ioannes DANTISCUS, Palencia, [1527]-09-24
3IDL  378 Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS, Zaragoza, 1527-10-18
4IDL  427 Cornelis DE SCHEPPER to Ioannes DANTISCUS, Veere, 1529-03-09
5IDL 3702 Georg von LOGSCHAU (LOXANUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS, Prague, 1531-06-01