Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Queen Dorothea of Denmark, Norway and Sweden's letter, dated December 12, 1474

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Above: Dorothea of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, artist unknown.

In this letter, Dorothea confirms the building that her governor in Jämtland, Peder Karlsson, has given Olaf Gundmandsson on the Crown estate of Singssjö in Sundsjö parish.

The letter:

Wij Dorothea meth gudhs nathe Danmarcks Sueriges Norges Wendes oc Gotes drotningh hertwghinne i Sleszwiigh oc i Holsten Stormaren oc Dytmarschen hertwghinne, i Oldenborgh oc Delmenhorst greffuinne, gøre alle witherlight at effter thij Pædher Karlsson wor embitzman i Jempteland haffuer pa wore weghne vnt oc forlænt thenne breffuisere Olaff Gundmandsson wor bonde i for:ne Jempteland een ædhe boleye som kalles Singxsiøø i Sundasio soghen som hannom effter hans fathers dødh ær tilfaldhen, som thette nærwærendes breff som for:ne Pædher Karlsson wor embitzman hannom ther vpa giffuet haffuer ydermere jnneholder oc vthwiser, hwilket breff wij meth alle syne ordh oc articule meth thette wort obne breff stadfeste oc fuldborde, togh at for:ne Olaff Gundmantsson oc hans arffuinge skule oss oc kronene ther aff giffue oc gøre, hwes the ther aff aarlige aars at gøre oc giffue plictughe ære, i alle madhe som aff gambel sedhwane wæret haffuer. Thij forbywthe wij alle ehwo the helst ære eller wære kwnne for:ne Olaff Gundmandsson eller hans arffuinge her emodh athindre eller hindre lade, eller vdi nogre made vforrette vndher wort hylleste oc nathe. Datum in castro nostro Sønderborg in profesto beate Lucie virginis nostro sub signeto presentibus appenso anno domini mcdlxxquarto.

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