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Letter #5824

Bona Sforza to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Cracow (Kraków), 1524-05-16
            received Naples, [1524]-06-27

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1601, p. 539-540

 

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BCz, 1601, p. 539

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of AragonBonaBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon Dei gratia regina Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdomPoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia), the kingdom, magna dux LithuaniaLythuaniaeLithuania, Rus (Russia)RussiaeRus (Russia) Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525 the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of PolandPrussiaePrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania, and Livonia. From 1466 it was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici), comprising the remnants of the Teutonic Order’s state in Prussia. In 1525 the Order’s last Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern, converted to Lutheranism and became the first lay duke in former Teutonic Prussia (dux in Prussia), thereafter known as Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). By the Treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Polandque etc. domina

Nobilis et egregie vir sincere nobis dilecte.

Descripsimus omnia [...] paper damaged[...][...] paper damagedma magnifico Ludovico secretario nostro, collegae tuo, quibus o paper damaged[quibus o]quibus o paper damagedpus foret in nostris istic obeundis negotiis [...] paper damaged[...][...] paper damaged ac diligenter assistat S(trenui)tas or S(inceri)tasS(trenui)tasS(trenui)tas or S(inceri)tas Tua. Et nunc [...] paper damaged[...][...] paper damaged non est, quod magis vellemus, quam quod S(trenui)tates or S(inceri)tatesS(trenui)tatesS(trenui)tates or S(inceri)tates Vestrae se istic gerant viriliter et prudenter in omnibus actionibus, rebelles et malos, ac factiosos puniatis et coerceatis, ne aliis sint in scandalum, cum rigore iustitiae et bonos ac oboedientes benevolentia et amore prosequimini et sic gratiam nostram merebimini.

Et reliqua referet nobis Ludovicus secretarius noster.

Bene valeatis.