Kasza Péter (szerk.): Stephanus Brodericus - Epistulae (Bibliotheca Scriptorum Medii Recentisque Aevorum, Series Nova XIV., Argumentum Kiadó - Magyar Országos Levéltár, Budapest, 2012)

1539

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Reversalis by István Brodarics, Péter Perényi, and István Werbőczy Cracow, 29 January 1539

Manuscript used: Libri Legationum vol VI, fol. 67v-72v.'

Published: Maciej Docilia., Codex diploinaticus regni Poloniae, Vilnae, 1758, vol. 1, 137-140.;

Tóth Péter (ed.), A lengyel királyi kancellária Libri legationum sorozatának magyar vonatkozású iratai II.

1526-1541, Miskolc, 2003, 175-179.

I. János Szapolyai has charged István Brodarics, Péter Perényi, and István Werbőczy to propose marriage to Polish Princess Isabella. - 2, They agree upon the sums of dowry due to Isabella. - 5. For the sake of ensuring the towns and villages due to Isabella, the agreement must be countersigned by Emperor Charles V and Ferdinand within 60 days counted from 23 February. - 4. Superiors of the castles and towns are to take oath of loyalty to Isabella.- 5. Should Isabella remarry after King John s death, she gets her dowry in a lump sum. - 6. If Charles and Ferdinand cannot be persuaded to sign the contract then King John is obliged to deposit the equivalent of Isabella's dowry and the part of the dowry already given with the King of Poland, or the Doge of Venice, or the Fuggers. - 7. When John has deposited the requested sum, the King of Poland sends the withheld part of the dowry to Hungary. - 8. After the wedding, Isabella must renounce all inheritance claims in Poland. - 9. If Isabella dies childless her dowry reverts to the son and daughters of the King of Poland, unless she specifies differently herself - 10. They value of the dowry given to Isabella in cash and possessions. - II. If Szapolyai fails to fulfil the conditions, he is obliged to pay 140.000 gold coins in damages. If he does not do that, the King of Poland is free to loot his countiy. - 12. Through the envoys, John commits himself to make over, as a wedding gift, on the day after wedding, a yearly income of2000forints from the lax paid by Transylvanian Saxons.

Reversale contractus oratorum Hungáriáé regis eiusdem matrimonii serenissimae dominae Isabellae

[1.] Nos Stephanus Brodericus episcopus Vaciensis ac Petrus de Peren comes perpetuus comitatus Abawariwariensis [!] et partium regni Hungáriáé superiorum capi- 5 taneus generalis, etc. et Stephanus de Werbewcz summus cancellarius, consiliarii et oratores serenissimi principis et domini, domini Ioannis Dei gratia regis Hungáriáé, Dalmatiae Croatiaeque, etc. marchionis Moraviae ac Lusatiae et utriusque Slesiae ducis, etc. domini nostri clementissimi recognoscimus et praesentium serie fatemur, quod cum idem dominus noster rex cupiens illam affinitatis conjunctionem,1 2 quae inter io suam maiestatem ac serenissimum principem et dominum, dominum Sigismundum eadem gratia regem Poloniae, magnum ducem Lituaniae, Russiae Prussiaeque dominum et heredem, ac Masoviae ducem, etc. dudum intercessit, et eum amorem, quo ambae maiestates sese mutuo semper hactenus prosecuti sunt ac complexi sunt ampliore affinitatis vinculo roborare, nos ad eundem serenissimum dominum Poloniae is regem et serenissimam dominam Bonam,3 consortem suam carissimam, Poloniae item

1 Another manuscript: BCZart TN 56. 475-484.

2 Sigismund’s first wife Borbála Szapolyai was the sister of János Szapolyai, Voivod of Transylvania at the time, so the two monarch were brother-in-laws before.

■' Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland.

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