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Letter #3888

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to [Albrecht JOSEPH]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-13

English register:

At the addressee’s request, Dantiscus sends him letters [commending his case] to the Duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach] and his Chancellor [Johann von Kreytzen].




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 105r (t.p.)

Prints:
1CEID 1/2 No. 99, p. 315-316 (in extenso; English register)

 

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Famate Domine, amice in Christo dilecte.

Quemadmodum in cf. Albrecht JOSEPH to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 6442, letter lost⌊ litteriscf. Albrecht JOSEPH to Ioannes DANTISCUS before 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 6442, letter lost⌋ vestris, quas heri accepimus, a nobis postulastis, mittimus vobis ad illustrissimum dominum Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊ducemAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ eiusque Johann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌊cancellariumJohann von Kreytzen (Hans von Kreytzen) (*1516 – †1575), doctor of civil and canon law; displaced by the "new advisors", he settled in Ermland; 1535 envoy of Duke Albrecht von Hohenzollern to the Crown Diet in Cracow; 1536 ducal commissioner for affairs of delimitation between Prussia and Masovia; 1536-1575 Chancellor to Duke Albrecht (SZORC 1990, p. 89, 329, 345; HARTMANN 1525-1550, No. 436, 437, 574; MAŁŁEK 1967, p. 121 footnote 40, 165)⌋ cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 5228;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann von KREYTZEN Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 7244, letter lost⌊litterascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 5228;
Ioannes DANTISCUS to Johann von KREYTZEN Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 7244, letter lost⌋.[1] Qua in re non gravate sumus vobis gratificati.

Bene valete.

[1 ] Cf. cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 5228⌊IDL 5228cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-12-12, CIDTC IDL 5228⌋: Albrecht Joseph burgher of Poznań⌊Albrecht JosephAlbrecht Joseph burgher of Poznań⌋, burger und nechstmals unnser wirt zw Poznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌊PosennPoznań (Posen, Posnania), city in west-central Poland, Wielkopolska, on the Warta river⌋, / gegenwertigs brieffs zeyger, hatt uns myt vieler underthenigkheit angetzeigt / unnd zuvorstehenn gebenn, / wie das enemm, der itzt Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊Euer Furstlichen DurchlauchtAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ zw Königsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌊KonigsbergKönigsberg (Królewiec, Mons Regius, Regiomontium), city in Ducal Prussia, on the mouth of the Pregel (Pregoła) river, capital city of Ducal Prussia; today Kaliningrad in Russia⌋ underthan ist, / ein mergkliche summa gelds in seiner anligendenn not, / damit err seinem abnemendenn nahrung zw hilff queme, / vorgestrackt / unnd gelihen hett, / konde aber bisher khein betzallung erlangenn