CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #3842

Mencía de COLMENARES to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Palencia, 1532-02-08

received Regensburg, [1532]-04-17

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Spanish, UUB, H. 155, f. 174-175

Prints:

1	EZQUERRO p. 227-228 (in extenso, typescript (PhD dissertation))
2	Españoles part I, No. 11, p. 81-82 (in extenso)
3	RODRIGUEZ, SKOLIMOWSKA No. 23, p. 109 (Spanish register)

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UUB, H.155, f. 175v

Al Re(verendísi)mo S(eñ)or, el S(eñ)or 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⌊enbaxador de PoloniaIoannes 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⌋ en corte ces(ar)ea

UUB, H.155, f. 174r

Muy Re(verendísi)mo S(eñ)or.

Desde q(ue) V(uest)ra Re(verendísi)ma Señoria se partió desta tierra p(ar)a ir a esa, e estado sienpre esperando por medio de V(uest)ra S(eño)ria, el s(eñ)or probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteprobably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋ se acordaría de mi y de sus hijos; y pues al uno quiso Dios levar, q(ue) fue el menor, no dexaría al otro morir de anbre.

Yo e gastado siete años criando sus hijos, y vendiendo mis cosas p(ar)a mantenerlos, esperando q(ue) s(er)ía poco lo mucho, q(ue) yo e gastado (q(ue) a sido asta q(ue)darme en camisa) con las grandes mercedes q(ue) esperava. A q(ue)rido mi desdicha q(ue), acabándose la acienda, tanbién se me acabase la esperança, llebando Dios al s(eñ)or Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌊prebosteBalthasar Merklin von Waldkirch (*ca. 1479 – †1531), 1500 doctor of canon law at the University of Bologna; councillor at the imperial courts of Maximilian I and Charles V, 1527-1531 Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, 1527-1531 titular Bishop of Malta, Bishop of Hildesheim (confirmed in 1530) and coadjutor of the Bishop of Constance (confirmed in 1530) (NDB, Bd. 1, p. 566-567)⌋. Yo e p(ro)curado de av(er) el testamento, y nunca e podido, au(nque) e puesto mucha diligencia.

UUB, H.155, f. 174v

Y porq(ue) espero q(ue) me ará en esto más conplidas las m(ercede)s q(ue) yo las sabré pedir, no alargo más de rogar a Dios guarde a V(uest)ra S(eño)ria por muchos años, y le aga muy mayor S(eñ)or de lo que es. Don Carlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌊Carlos BriçioCarlos Briçio, son of Mencía de COLMENARES (*ca. 1525), and of señor preboste (probably Balthasar Merklin von Waldkirch)⌋ besa las manos a V(uest)ra S(eñor)ia.

A mi s(eñ)or, el Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌊marqués de CeneteHendrik III of Nassau-Breda (*1483 – †1538), son of Count Johann V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hessen, married to Mencia de Mendoza, Marquess of Zenete, daughter and heiress of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar y Mendoza, first Marquis of Zenete; Count of Nassau; from 1499 in the service of Archduke Philip of Habsburg as his advisor and military commander in the wars against France and Gueders (1507, 1514), 1515-1522 Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland; 1521 Grand Chamberlain of Charles V of Habsburg (from 1522 to 1529 at the Spanish court), in 1530 followed Charles V to the coronation in Bologna, and attended the Diet of Augsburg (CE, vol. 3, p. 5)⌋, escribo suplicando a su señoría me hidden by binding⌈[me]me hidden by binding⌉ favorezca. V(uest)ra S(eño)ria le dé la carta y procure la respuesta p(ara) q(ue) yo la aya, juntamente con la de V(uest)ra S(eño)ria.

De Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌊P(alencia)Palencia, city in central Spain, Castile and León, 22 km N of Valladolid, from the 11th century the seat of a bishopric, it flourished economically in the 14th-16th centuries⌋, ocho de hebrero de MDXXXII años.

Muy cierta S(er)vidora de V(uest)ra S(eño)r(i)a, doña Mencía de Colmenares ⌊Mencia de ColmenaresMencía de Colmenares ⌋