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Council of Royal Prussia to Sigismund I JagiellonGraudenz (Grudziądz) [1537-10-04]
English register: The Prussian Council asks the King to offer his judgment on the Brandenburg Elector (Joachim II Hohenzollern) inviting Gdańsk Castellan Achatius von Zehmen to Berlin to discuss confidential matters of great importance. During the assembly in Grudziądz, von Zehmen asked the Prussian Council for advice as to how he should react to the Elector’s summons. Because the Elector’s letter suggested that the matters in question concerned lands ruled by the Polish King, the Council proposed that von Zehmen notify the King and ask him for instructions as to the planned talks. The Prussian Council asks the King to inform von Zehmen of his will; von Zehmen will await an answer in Poznań until October 21.
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BCz, 244, p. 270Serenissime Potentissimeque Rex et Domine, Domine clementissime. Humillimam et devotissimam servitiorum nostrorum commendationem.
In hoc hic nostro conventu amicus noster generosus dominus
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Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae voluntatem
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ms 1 ment[e] paper damaged⌉ sua certiorem reddat, hancque nostram dispicientiam(!) ms 2 3 4 clementer,
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ms 1 clement[er] paper damaged⌉ boni consulat, humillime nos in gratiam Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae
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Dominus Deus eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram in valetudine prosperrima omniumque rerum felicissimo successu quam diutissime promoveat et conservet.
[1] Doubtless the aim of Achatius von Zehmen’s journey to Brandenburg was to discuss matters related to the possible succession of the Hohenzollerns’ Brandenburg line in the Duchy of Prussia. The journey took place in the spring of 1538. The plans for this journey were the subject of von Zehmen’s talks with Prussian Duke Albrecht at their meeting in Sztum in September 1537, a few days after Albrecht’s return from Christian III’s coronation (cf. cf. Richard Fischer, "Achatius von Zehmen, Woywode von Marienburg", in: Zeitschrift des Westpreußischen Geschichtsvereins 36 (1897), 1897 ⌊Fischercf. Richard Fischer, "Achatius von Zehmen, Woywode von Marienburg", in: Zeitschrift des Westpreußischen Geschichtsvereins 36 (1897), 1897 ⌋, p. 63; cf. Janusz Małłek, Prusy Książęce a Prusy Królewskie w latach 1525 - 1548. Studium z dziejów polskiej polityki księcia Albrechta Hohenzollerna, Warszawa, 1976, series: Rozprawy i Materiały Ośrodka Badań Naukowych im. Wojciecha. Kętrzyńskiego w Olsztynie 53 ⌊Małłek, 1976cf. Janusz Małłek, Prusy Książęce a Prusy Królewskie w latach 1525 - 1548. Studium z dziejów polskiej polityki księcia Albrechta Hohenzollerna, Warszawa, 1976, series: Rozprawy i Materiały Ośrodka Badań Naukowych im. Wojciecha. Kętrzyńskiego w Olsztynie 53 ⌋, p. 155).