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Letter #4887

Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Bregenz, 1516-11-04
            received [1516]-11-07

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 65, f. 145
2copy in Latin, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8245 (TK 7), f. 84r-v

Prints:
1CEID 2/1 No. 3, p. 74-75 (in extenso; English register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 65, f. 145v

Nobili et egregio viro, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌊Ioanni DantiscoIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋, doctori, serenissimi Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ secretario et nuntio apud Maximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌊caesaream maiestatemMaximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌋, amico et tanquam fratri carissimo

AAWO, AB, D. 65, f. 145r

Nobilis et egregie Domine Doctor, amice carissime. Salutatione fraterna praemissa etc.

Accepi litteras vestras, quibus me certiorem reddidistis de perceptis calamitatibus vestris et praesertim ex vulneratione servitoris vestri. Id et quodcumque Vestrae Humanitati adversum contigerit doleo. Retuli hac hora Maximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌊caesariMaximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌋, qua mihi praesentatae sunt litterae vestrae. Maximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌊Eius maiestasMaximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌋ satis aegre tulit. Attamen non suspicatur haec evenisse ex instinctu aut iussu domini Georg von Eltz (Georg von Elss) (†1532)⌊de ElsGeorg von Eltz (Georg von Elss) (†1532)⌋, cum ad eius petita quasi nullum inconveniens susceperit responsum. Maximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌊Maiestas suaMaximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌋ deliberavit hanc causam committere et admittit, ut possitis illic aliquantisper et ad beneplacitum suae maiestatis permanere. De provisione autem vestra nihil omnino reticui suae maiestati et desuper petiit memoriale[1]. Ego non dimittam, quin mecum (si saltem possibile erit) responsum offeram. Maximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌊Sua maiestasMaximilian I of Habsburg (*1459 – †1519), from 1486 King of the Romans, actual ruler of the Empire from the death of Frederick III (1493), 1508-1519 Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation; son of Emperor Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal⌋ utetur etiam in brevi vestra opera ut prius etc.[2] Et ex quo iam tot arduissima negotia prae manibus sunt, ut et ego non potui expediri[3] et litteras vel commisionem[4] ad ipsum Wilhelm II von Rappoltstein, baron of Rappoltstein (*1468 – †1547), 1512-1515 court steward (Hofmeister) of the Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg (Hollegger 1983, p. 136, 269 ff.)⌊magistrum curiaeWilhelm II von Rappoltstein, baron of Rappoltstein (*1468 – †1547), 1512-1515 court steward (Hofmeister) of the Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg (Hollegger 1983, p. 136, 269 ff.)⌋, quamvis scriptae sunt, tamen non potui efficere, ut hodie signasset. Nolui tamen has postas abire sine meis litteris. Iam non plura, si bono animo sitis.

Valete.

Sigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌊Sigismundus de HerberstainSigmund von Herberstein (*1486 – †1566), diplomat in the service of Emperor Maximilian I, Charles V, and Roman King Ferdinand I, writer and historian. In 1517 sent to Poland to conduct the marriage between King Sigismund I Jagiellon and Duchess Bona Sforza d'Aragona, and to Moscow to arrange a truce between the Grand Duchy of Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; 1515 member of the Council of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1515-1553 carried out many diplomatic missions (in 1517 and 1526 he was twice an imperial envoy at the Muscovy court)⌋, eques.

[1] For more on this memorandum, see cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Augsburg, 1516-11-21, CIDTC IDL 121⌊IDL 121cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Augsburg, 1516-11-21, CIDTC IDL 121⌋, footnote 6.

[2] Cf. cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN [Augsburg], [1516-10-21 — 1516-10-28], CIDTC IDL 122⌊IDL 122cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN [Augsburg], [1516-10-21 — 1516-10-28], CIDTC IDL 122⌋, footnote 1.

[3] This most likely refers to Herberstein’s mission to Poland and Muscovy (cf. cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN [Augsburg], [1516-10-21 — 1516-10-28], CIDTC IDL 122⌊IDL 122cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN [Augsburg], [1516-10-21 — 1516-10-28], CIDTC IDL 122⌋, footnote 7).

[4] Dantiscus speaks of this order as a mandate to the court steward in cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Augsburg, 1516-11-21, CIDTC IDL 121⌊IDL 121cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Sigmund von HERBERSTEIN Augsburg, 1516-11-21, CIDTC IDL 121⌋, see footnotes 4 and 7.