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Letter #5275

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1542-01-17
            received 1542-01-19

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in German, in secretary's hand, author's signature, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1, No. 815

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, Ostpr. Fol., 14 320, f. 49r
2register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 388

Prints:
1HARTMANN 1525-1550 No. 815, p. 431 (German register)

 

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GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 815, 3 unnumbered

Dem durchlauchten, hochgebornen fursten und herren, hern 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)AlbrechtenAlbrecht 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), von Gots gnaden marggraff zu BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg, / in Ducal PrussiaPreussenDucal Prussia, / zu StettinStetinStettin, PomeraniaPommernPomerania, der The Kashubians autochthon Slavic people that inhabite Kashubia – land in Gdańsk Pomerania and the eastern part of Western PomeraniaCassubenThe Kashubians autochthon Slavic people that inhabite Kashubia – land in Gdańsk Pomerania and the eastern part of Western Pomerania und The Wends WendenThe Wends hertzogk, burggraff zu Nuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, BavariaNormbergNuremberg (Nürnberg, Norimberga), city in Germany, Bavaria und furst zu RügenRugenRügen, / unserm hochgunstigen, lieben herrenn und freunde /

GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 815, 1 unnumbered

Durchlauchter, hochgeborner furst, hochgunstiger her und freundt. / Unsere freuntliche und vleis willige dienste zuvoran. /

Es ist uns E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t cf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1542-01-13, CIDTC IDL 5048schreibencf. Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach to Ioannes DANTISCUS Königsberg, 1542-01-13, CIDTC IDL 5048, / dat(um) 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 RussiaKonigsbergKönigsberg (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 den XIII dits, / gestrigs tags geworden, / doraus wir gerne vornommen, / das E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t nicht hat misfallen, / was wir negst / unserm einfeltigen vorstandt nach / dem edlen, ernvhe paper damaged[nvhe]nvhe paper damagedsten und hochgelerten h(er)n 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)Johan vonn CreitzenJohann 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), E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t cantzler rath und beider rechte doctor, / vortrauter weis an E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t / uff derselben erfordern / zubringen mitgegeben. / Ist auch unnotig derwegen uns zudancken, / so wir sonst unbeschwert E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t mit vleissigem willen gern freuntlich dienen. /

Was uns weiter uff gemelts h(er)n 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)cantzlers und rathJohann 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) / in unserm nahmen / antragen / E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t der zufuhr halben hat zugeschrieben, / dieweil dieser handell uns nicht allein, / sondern auch unser wirdig Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)capittellErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia) mit inhabitants of Ermland

Citizens of Ducal Prussia
beiderseits underthaneninhabitants of Ermland

Citizens of Ducal Prussia
betrifft unnd angehet, / wollen wir semptlich E(wer) F(urstlichen) D(urchlauch)t in kortzer gelegner zeitt freuntlich GStA PK, HBA, C1 No 815, 2 unnumbered und dinstlich beantworten, / bittend, diesenn nicht langen vorzug uns zu gutt in gunsten zu halten, / welchs wir freuntlich umb dieselbte E(wer) F(urstliche) D(urchlauch)t zuvordienen willig stets wollenn werden befunden. /

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 ErmlandIoannesIoannes 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, von Gots gnaden bischoff zu Ermland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal PrussiaErmelandtErmland (Warmia, Varmia), diocese and ecclesiastical principality in northeastern Poland, 1466-1772 within the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia /

qui sup(ra) ma(n)u p(ro)pria s(ub)s(cripsi)t adscribed, in the hand of Dantiscusqui sup(ra) ma(n)u p(ro)pria s(ub)s(cripsi)tqui sup(ra) ma(n)u p(ro)pria s(ub)s(cripsi)t adscribed, in the hand of Dantiscus