KSP, Poland, King John I Olbracht, (Albert), Teutonic Order, Korski

Description: This medal is a part of my Polish medals offer Visit my page with the offers, please. You will find many interesting items related to this subject. If you are interested in other medals, related to this subject, click here, please. Poland; Rulers Medieval Motives Historic Battles Poland; History Teutonic Order; Deutscher Orden The Polish Kings and Royals and Their Coins Series by Profs. Witold Korski The artist - Prof Witold Korski (1918 - 2003), one of the most famous polish artist, architect, sculptor and engraver. see the link; http://warszawa.sarp.org.pl/php/galeria/barucki_witold-korski.htm. The information is in Polish, and the medals are published there, as the finest of his works. His imagination regarding the medieval motives is the most creative I ever seen on the contemporary medals. This series consists of 44 medals; if you are interested in the complete set, please contact me. John I Albert of Poland (Polish: Jan I Olbracht, 1459 – 1501) was King of Poland (1492 – 1501), Duke of Głogów (1491 - 1498). He was the third son of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert II of Germany. av. The coin of John I Albert; the inscription – “I. AL-BERTUS REX POLONIAE. M. D. LITUANIAE 1492. 1501” rv. The figure of the king, the coat of arms of Poland, of Habsburgs and Lithuania; the inscription – “ALBERTO REGE / NOBILITAS / CAESA.” diameter - 70 mm (2 ¾ “) weight – 124.10 gr, (4.38 oz) metal – bronze, silver plated, authentic patina As crown prince, John I Albert distinguished himself by his brilliant victory over the Tatars at Kopersztyn (1487). In 1490, the Hungarian nobility proclaimed John King of Hungary at the Rákos diet. He was, however, defeated by his brother, King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1492, John succeeded his father as King of Poland. Losses of revenue due to the secession of Lithuania placed John at the mercy of the Polish sejmiks, or local diets, where the szlachta, or local nobles, made their subsidies dependent on the king's subservience. Primarily a warrior, with a strong taste for heroic adventure, John desired to pose as the champion of Christendom against the Turks. Circumstances seemed, moreover, to favor him. In his brother Ladislaus, who as King of Hungary and Bohemia possessed a dominant influence in central Europe, he found a counterpoise to the machinations of Emperor Maximilian I, who in 1492 had concluded an alliance against him with Ivan III of Muscovy. As suzerain of Moldavia, John was favorably situated for attacking the Turks. At the conference of Leutschau (1494) the details of the expedition were arranged between the kings of Poland and Hungary and the Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg, with the co-operation of Stephen III of Moldavia, hospodar of Moldavia, who had appealed to John for assistance. In the course of 1496 John with great difficulty collected an army of 80,000 men in Poland, but the crusade was deflected from its course by the sudden invasion of Galicia by the hospodar, who apparently — for the whole subject is still very obscure — had been misled by reports from Hungary that John was bent upon placing his younger brother Sigismund I the Old on the throne of Moldavia. Whatever the reason, the Poles entered Moldavia not as friends but as foes, and after the abortive siege of Suceava were compelled to retreat following defeat at the Battle of the Cosmin Forest. The insubordination of the szlachta seems to have been one cause of this disgraceful collapse, for John after his return confiscated hundreds of their estates; in spite of which, to the end of his life he retained his extraordinary popularity. When the new Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order, Friedrich Wettin von Sachsen, refused to render homage to the Polish crown, John compelled him to do so. His intention to still further humiliate the Teutonic Order was frustrated by his sudden death in 1501. A valiant soldier and a man of much enlightenment, John was a poor politician, recklessly sacrificing the future to the present. Friedrich Wettin von Sachsen Friedrich Wettin von Sachsen (born 26 October 1473 in Torgau - died 14 December 1510 in Rochlitz) was the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. He was the third (and youngest surviving) son of Albert, Duke of Saxony and Zedena of Bohemia, daughter of George of Podebrady. Friedrich was part of the second generation of the junior branch (the Albertine Line) of the Wettin dynasty and must not be confused with his cousin of the same name (the protector of Martin Luther) from the senior branch (the Ernestine Line) who ruled Saxony. In 1498, aged 24, he was elected by the Teutonic Knights to the post of grand master in which served until his death at age 36. His older brother George had married Barbara, a sister of King John I Albert of Poland. The knights had been in a long power struggle with Poland over the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. They hoped that by selecting someone connected by marriage to the ruling Jagiellon dynasty of Poland, someone who was also a member of the Wettin dynasty ruling much of Germany, that they would strengthen their position. When the Polish King summoned Frederich, the new grand master, to do homage for the Order's holdings, Frederich referred the matter to the Imperial Reichstag set to meet in Worms in 1495. The Reichtag informed the Polish King that he could not interfere in the grand master's free exercise of power in Prussia. Friedrich's delaying tactics were assisted by the quick succession of three Polish kings during his 12 years in office. By custom, grand masters of the Order did not marry, so he had neither wife nor descendants.

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