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Text #653

 Sigismund I Jagiellon to Gdańsk Town Council
Służewo 1521-04-25
Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, APG, 300, D/ 5B, No. 22

 

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Sigismundus Dei gratia rex Poland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌊PoloniaePoland (Kingdom of Poland, Polonia)⌋, magnus dux Lithuania⌊LithuaniaeLithuania⌋, Rus (Russia)⌊RussiaeRus (Russia)⌋ Prussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory 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), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌊PrussiaePrussia, region in central Europe, bordered by Pomerania, Poland, Lithuania and Livonia. From 1466 Prussia was divided into Royal Prussia (Prussia Regalis), which was a part of the Kingdom of Poland, and Teutonic Prussia (Prussia Ordinis Theutonici) – covering the remnants of the former territory 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), which from then on was called Ducal Prussia (Prussia Ducalis). At that time, as a result of the treaty of Cracow, Ducal Prussia became a fief of the kings of Poland⌋que etc. dominus et heres

Famatis Gdańsk Town Council ⌊praeconsulibus et consulibus civitatis nostrae GedanensisGdańsk Town Council ⌋, fidelibus dilectis

Gratiam nostram, famati dilecti.

Quemadmodum vobis alias et datis litteris, et medio nobilis 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⌊Ioannis DantisciIoannes 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⌋, secretarii nostri fidelis dilecti, etiam sub poenis nostris mandavimus, ut militibus nostris, qui in mari adversum hostes nostros The Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌊MoschosThe Muscovites (Moscovians, Mosci) ⌋ militant, quod virtute sua et armis quaesierint, nihil adimeretis, sed potius illos ab omni iniuria et tuerentur, et defendant, ita et in praesentia id ipsum repetimus et mandamus, ut secus facere non praesumatis. Quin immo tales milites nostros tormentis et aliis apparamentis ad bellum navale pertinentibus provideatis, rem nobis facturi gratissimam et virtute vestra dignam, per nosque idonea occasione gratia nostra regia referendam.