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 Council of Royal Prussia to Sigismund I Jagiellon
Graudenz (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.

Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 244, p. 270 (t.p.)
2copy,
3register with excerpt in Latin, Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), p. 605

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Serenissime Potentissimeque Rex et Domine, Domine clementissime. Humillimam et devotissimam servitiorum nostrorum commendationem.

In hoc hic nostro conventu amicus noster generosus dominus Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊Achacius ZcemeAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ castellanus Gdanensis accepit litteras illustrissimi principis Joachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌊electoris et marchionis BrandenburgensisJoachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌋ per nuntium proprium intra paucos dies ex Berlin (Berolinum), city in Germany, capital of Brandenburg⌊BerolinioBerlin (Berolinum), city in Germany, capital of Brandenburg⌋ huc missas, quibus ab eo postulat, ut, quantum possit citius, se ad eius illustrissimam dominationem conferat[1] ob quaedam archana et secreta negotia, quae ei communicare et credere, et in iis opera eius secretissime uti decrevit. Qua in re Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊dominus castellanusAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ sub amica inter nos fiducia consilium a nobis sibi impartiri summopere rogavit, quod pro temporis angustia reique ratione istiusmodi ei dedimus, ut in primis eam vocationem illustrissimi domini Joachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌊electorisJoachim II of Brandenburg Hector (Joachim II von Hohenzollern) (*1505 – †1571), son of Joachim I Nestor and Elisabeth von Oldenburg, 1524-1534 husband of Duchess Magdalena of Saxony, later (from 1535) of Jadwiga Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I Jagiellon; 1535-1571 Prince-Elector of Brandenburg⌋ in notitiam Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae deduceret atque pro XXI huius mensis Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae voluntatem Poznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌊PosnaniaePoznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌋ operiretur, ut, si quid forsan per eum Serenissima Maiestas Vestra illustrissimo domino electori referri vellet, mandata reciperet. Cognovimus siquidem ex eisdem vocationis litteris, quod res quasdam arduas et fortassis ipsam Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram et has terras contingentes agere et tractare per Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊eumAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ habeat. Ut igitur Serenissima Maiestas Vestra Achatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌊eumAchatius von Zehmen (Achacy Cema) (*ca. 1485 – †1565), 1517-1531 Chamberlain of Pomerania, 1531-1546 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig), 1545-1546 Voivode of Kulm (Chełmno), 1546-1565 Voivode of Marienburg (Malbork) (SBPN 1, p. 194-195; ORACKI 1984, p. 38-39; Urzędnicy 5/2, p. 198; PSB 4, p. 325-326)⌋ intra praescriptum tempus de mente sua certiorem reddat, hancque nostram dispicientiam(!) clementer boni consulat, humillime nos in gratiam Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae commendantes, rogamus.

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)