R E N A I S S A N C E        N E W S L E T T E R

Issue Number 401                                                 May 14, 2012

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JUNE ORDERS - Orders for June 1526 are due in my hands by June 3, 2012.

FEE CLARIFICATION - Special combat dispositions are billed as one action for 
each troop type whose dispositions are not standard.

RESULTS OF MAY SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his eleventh
month of siege at Ansbach.
     Marcello Maestri successfully completed his tenth month of siege at 
Gaeta.
     Christine Jagellon successfully completed her eighth month of siege at
Przemysl.
     Victorin Podebrad successfully completed his fifth month of siege at 
Munich.
     Gianni della Rovere successfully completed his fifth month of siege at 
Cracow.

SIEGES FOR JUNE - 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

MAY EVENTS - In an urban battle fought inside of Neutra while the tenant looked
on from a tower, the 25-man garrison (LOY=982) was attacked and defeated by 
Sigismund Jagiello, Bishop of Breslau, with (M=656) 3,461 auxiliaries, 1,000
arquebusiers, 400 archers, 366 heavy cavalry and 420 crew. The Bishop, thereby,
gained de facto controller over the town.
     At Przemysl (FAR=80), Christine Jagellon (G=60), Magistrate of Marienburg,
subjected the walls to siege bombardment with her 2 cannons. One of these self-
destructed while inflicting no damage. Piotr Petrus (G=0) then engaged in 
counter-battery fire with his seven cannons, one of which self-destructed while
destroying no additional Jagellon cannons.
     At Exeter, the Kinizsi family tower (FAS=10), which was defended by one 
tower garrison troop, was captured by assault by Gervase Wimsey, Magistrate of
Exeter, with his 1,470 auxiliaries (M=973).
     At Gloucester, the Aviz family tower (FAS=24), which was defended by two
tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Edward Talbot, Magistrate of
Gloucester, with 848 auxiliaries (M=999).
     At Bern, the Spinola family tower (FAS=31), which was defended by three 
tower garrison troops, was captured by assault by Henry Talbot, a baron, with
(M=850) 36,947 auxiliaries, 36,000 arquebusiers, 10,000 pikemen and 5,000 heavy
cavalry.
     Kausrau Qitada gave up the title of Emir of Antioch and claimed that of 
Emir of Aljazeera. Hilal Alatrash claimed the title of Emir of Antioch.
     Outside Palermo, Lukas Beviski, Magistrate of Bern, and his 3,019 crew
(M=831), were attacked and killed by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, with
207,460 auxiliaries, 20,000 pikemen, 10,000 arquebusiers, 30,000 archers and
690 crew. 758 barques were captured.

ELECTION OF KING OF THE ROMANS - Henry Podebrad, HRE and King of Bohemia, was
elected King of the Romans with the votes of the King of Bohemia, the Arch-
bishop of Cologne and the Archbishop of Trier.

SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - NUREMBURG: Pope to HRE
     WISMAR: King of Denmark to HRE