R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 399 April 2, 2012 _______________________________________________________________________________ GM: Constantine Xanthos, 4050 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 204, Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 WEB SITE: cx.rensim.org EMAIL: cjxren@yahoo.com _______________________________________________________________________________ APRIL ORDERS - Orders for April 1526 are due in my hands by April 22, 2012. RESULTS OF MARCH SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his ninth month of siege at Ansbach. Henry Talbot completed his siege at Bern by capturing the town by assault. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his eighth month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her sixth month of siege at Przemysl. Victorin Podebrad successfully completed his third month of siege at Munich. Gianni della Rovere successfully completed his third month of siege at Cracow. SIEGES FOR APRIL - ANSBACH: Besieged by Jens Brostrup, Archbishop of Lund GAETA: Besieged by Marcello Maestri, Magistrate of SanGiovanni PRZEMYSL: Besieged by Christine Jagellon, Magistrate of Marienburg MUNICH: Besieged by Victorin Podebrad, Duke of Opava CRACOW: Besieged by Gianni Rovere, King of Sinigaglia MARCH EVENTS - Inside Lismore, during the absence of its de facto controller, James Stewart, Prince of Moray, de facto control of the undefended town was taken by Baron William Elphinstone through unopposed urban battle orders executed by his 400 auxiliaries (M=999). The town of Bern (FAS=999, FAR=999), which was defended by Gunther Y. von Schwarzburg, a knight, with (M=635) 30 garrison troops, 1,822 auxiliaries, 193 crew and (G=30) 21 cannons, was captured by assault by Henry Talbot, a baron, with his (M=999)) 44,000 auxiliaries, 36,000 arquebusiers, 10,000 pikemen and 5,000 heavy cavalry. The knight was killed. 1,062,110 ducats, 20 cannons, 50 falconets, 22,124 butter, 107,114 cheese, 2,802 cattle, 300 wine, 200 silver, 2,564 iron, 682 bows, 232 arquebuses, 467 carpets, 32,880 carvings, 3,395 pitch and 7,950 hides were also captured. The town of Kolhapur (FAS=600, FAR=0), which was undefended during the absence of its de facto controller, Suklen Ahom, was captured by assault by Naim Ahmadabad with (M=478) 990 archers. At Ansbach (FAR=999), Jens Brostrup (G=203), Archbishop of Lund, subjected the walls to siege bombardment with his 86 cannons. Two of these self- destructed while inflicting no damage. Albert Hohenzollern (G=999), Archbishop of Prague, then engaged in counter-battery fire with his one cannon, which self-destructed while destroying one additional Brostrup cannon. Sigismund WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Barbara WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Lucas WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas C. WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Wladislaw WATZELRODE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Peter CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gabor CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zygmunt CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Coloman FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Geza FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gyula FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Akos NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Arpad NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Emericus NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zoltan NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Zsolt NAGY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. George BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bozena BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jiri BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Alexander BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Viktor BUDWEIS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Fritz SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jakob SZEKELY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Guillaume LECYVRIER closed the market at Feurs. John FISHER deepened the harbor at Magdeburg to 16 feet. Gavin DOUGLAS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hans DURER wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Agnes LIVINGSTONE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Rene ILLIERS wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas SCHADE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Claudie ORANGE closed the market at Arles. Charles VILLIERS closed the market at Nimes. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Gustav FLENSBURG. Frederyk JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Elizabeth JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Helen JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Hedwig JAGELLON wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 348 miles. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Vacha JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Albus JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ulrich JICIN wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Havel JICIN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Egbert STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Svante STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Hengist STYGGE wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Ursula CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Fernao CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Marino CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Vasco CORTEREAL wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Horst BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Herluf BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Per BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Paul BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Jens BROSTRUP wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. John LIPA wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Bourian LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Trtchka LIPA wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Viktor SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gustav SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Wenzel SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Herman SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stefan SCHWEIDNITZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Aleppo to Karaman to 195 miles. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 374 miles. Jemal NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 255 mi. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Sidon to ArRutbah to 241 mi. Tawfiq ERRIAD shortened the road from Erriad to Doha to 248 miles. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 323 miles. Abdullah TULANBI shortened the road from Sari to Ashkhabad to 309 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Karaman to 208 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 373 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to ArRutbah to 225 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 364 miles. Domenigo ROVERE shortened the road from Brescia to Foggia to 352 miles. Gianni ROVERE shortened the road from Cracow to Troki to 348 miles. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 364 miles. Diego LEPE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 356 miles. Garin LEGIER shortened the road from Philippopolis to Constanza to 222 mi. Guillaume LEGIER deepened the harbor at Elaphonissos to 14 feet. Francesco GONZAGA shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 252 miles. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. Francesco MARTINI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 339 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Mantua to Belgrade to 243 miles. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - YEZD: Emir of Azerbaijan to Emir of Yezd FEUDATORY CHANGES - ALBRET: King of France to Count of Perigord