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Letter #4818

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), 1540-10-23

English register: Dantiscus informs the Chapter that he will write to the duke [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern], notifying him of the establishment of December 1 as the date for the inspection of the mill construction [on the Passarge (Pasłęka) River].
            received 1540-10-31

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

 

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Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Tempus ad 1540-12-01⌊primum diem Decembris1540-12-01⌋ instantis, quo molendini structura conspici debet, illustrissimo domino Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌊duciAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 until his death Duke in Prussia as a vassal of the Polish king; son of Frederick V of Brandenburg-Ansbach the Elder and Sophia Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon; nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the University of Königsberg, 1544⌋ cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-10, shortly before October 29, CIDTC IDL 5251⌊describemuscf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1540-10, shortly before October 29, CIDTC IDL 5251⌋. Ut igitur in eo Fraternitates Vestrae certae sint, has dedimus.

Quae feliciter valeant.