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Text #455

 Alexander Jagiellon to Gdańsk Town Council
Cracow (Kraków) 1505-08-07
Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, D/ 4, No. 614

Prints:
1ASPK 4/2 No. 227, p. 63 (Polish register; excerpt)
2Katalog dokumentów No. 211, p. 199-200 (Polish register)

 

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Famosis Gdańsk Town Council ⌊praeconsulibus et consulibus GedanensibusGdańsk Town Council ⌋, fidelibus nostris dilectis

Alexander Jagiellon (Aleksander Jagiellończyk) (*1461 – †1506), 1492-1506 Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1501-1506 King of Poland; son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊AlexanderAlexander Jagiellon (Aleksander Jagiellończyk) (*1461 – †1506), 1492-1506 Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1501-1506 King of Poland; son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ Dei gratia rex Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋, magnus dux Lithuania⌊LithuaniaeLithuania⌋, Rus (Russia)⌊RussiaeRus (Russia)⌋ Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PrussiaePrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525, the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋que dominus et heres etc.

Famosi fideles dilecti

Industriam et facile ingenium honorabilis 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⌊Iohannis de Curiis alias FlaxpinderIoannes 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⌋, notarii nostri fidelis dilecti et concivis vestri considerantes intelligentesque eum affectuose scientiis velle dare operam, dummodo necessariis provisus esset, dedimus ei ad vos quittantiam. Pro tanto hortamur vos, extradatis sibi illam, prout futurum de vobis credimus, ea enim condicione secuta et nobis Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊reique publicaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋ nostrae, et vobis utilior erit. Ideo aliter non facturi.