R E N A I S S A N C E N E W S L E T T E R Issue Number 403 June 25, 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 _______________________________________________________________________________ AUGUST ORDERS - Orders for August 1526 are due in my hands by July 15, 2012. NEW PLAYERSHIPS - YAHYAWI: John Muir, 537 Scenic Heights, Chaney WA 99004 TIMURID, MESHED & DAOUDOGLU: Bob Mclain, 208 Mary St. #4, Olyphant PA 18447 MUAZZAM, ZUHAYR, MOSSORIL, LAMU & MAKDISHU: Don Swartz, 3700 W. Wheatmore Drive, Apt. 129, Louisville KY 40215 ASHIKAGA: Paul Bryon Brown, 9 Marbais Place, Little Rock AR 72223 TRASTAMARA & MENDOZA: Stewart Bruce, 151 Fox Den Rd., Church Hill MD 21623 GHIYAS: Bernd Jaehnigen, 410 St. Lawrence Dr., Silver Springs MD 20901 ESTE & GIOCONDO: Mark Weseman, 2 Garden Center #305, Broomfield CO 80020 ARCHIVES - Issue #150 was mailed to subscribers on June 6. RESULTS OF JULY SIEGES - Jens Brostrup successfully completed his thirteenth month of siege at Ansbach. Marcello Maestri successfully completed his twelfth month of siege at Gaeta. Christine Jagellon successfully completed her tenth month of siege at Przemysl. Victorin Podebrad successfully completed his seventh month of siege at Munich. Gianni della Rovere successfully completed his seventh month of siege at Cracow. Charles VIII Valois, King of France, successfully completed his first month of siege at Toulouse. Georges LaTremouille, Baron of Jonvelle, successfully completed his first month of siege at Nimes. Charles de Lenoncourt, Count of Lenoncourt, successfully completed his first month of siege at Arles. Etien de Lenoncourt, Bishop of Langres, successfully completed his first month of siege at Arcachon. Cardinal Robert de Lenoncourt successfully completed his first month of siege at Lareole. Leon Perault, Magistrate of Lorca, successfully completed his first month of siege at Dreux. Lavenas Jagiello, King of Hungary, successfully completed his first month of siege at Pinsk. Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos, successfully completed his first month of siege at Palermo. SIEGES FOR AUGUST - 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 PINSK: Besieged by Lavenas Jagiello, King of Hungary NIMES: Besieged by Georges La Tremouille, Baron of Jonvelle ARLES: Besieged by Charles Lenoncourt, Count of Lenoncourt ARCACHON: Besieged by Etien Lenoncourt, Bishop of Langres LAREOLE: Besieged by Robert Lenoncourt, Cardinal DREUX: Besieged by Leon Perault, Magistrate of Lorca PERIGUEUX: Besieged by Milon Illiers PALERMO: Besieged by Lazarus Goldli, Magistrate of Enos MEZIERES: Besieged by Peppin Perault, Magistrate of Issoudun AIX: Besieged by Guillaume Briconnet, Magistrate of St.Malo JULY EVENTS - Richard Rotheram, Magistrate of Canterbury, completed a pilgrimage at Canterbury. The city of Frankfort, which was defended by its Magistrate, Louis Viart, a knight, with 766 garrison troops (LOY=682) and 1,083 auxiliaries and 63 pike- men (M=767), was captured by assault by Duncan Campbell, Archbishop of Trier, with (M=999) 74,781 auxiliaries. The Magistrate was killed. 3,895,338 ducats, 29,758 beer, 6,000 fustians, 2,000 woolens, 15,550 caps and 2,000 iron were also taken by the assaulters. Outside Toulouse, assetless Count Laurent de Gramont was attacked and defeated, but not killed, by Princess Anne de France de Bourbon with (M=999) 22,770 light cavalry, 16,230 auxiliaries and 498 cannons (G=999). Outside Bourges, Olivier d'Albret, Grand Duke of Dreux, and his 44 cannons (G=999), 3,950 light cavalry, 16,050 auxiliaries, 1,000 arquebusiers and 1,000 archers (M=944) were attacked and defeated by Guillaume d'Ancezune, Count of Cadenet, and his (G=999) 410 cannons, 6,000 heavy cavalry, 11,000 auxiliaries, 10,000 light cavalry, 20,000 pikemen and 35,000 arquebusiers (M=999). The Grand Duke was not killed. 13,223,447 ducats, 25 cannons, 10,047 grain and 1,000 oil were captured. At Przemysl (FAR=80) Christine Jagellon (G=60), Magistrate of Marienburg, subjected the walls to siege bombardment with her 29 cannons. One of these self-destructed while inflicting no damage. Piot Petrus(G=0), Bishop of Kamieniec, then engaged in counter-battery fire with his five cannons, one of which self-destructed without inflicting any damage upon the enemy. Walter BUCHANAN wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Marguerite HUNTER was appointed to the magistracy of Campbelltown. 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. Bernadino MENDOZA closed the market at Palma. Edward LENE deepened the harbor at Douglas to 10 feet. Andreas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. George BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Nicholas BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Sigismund BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Stephen BATHORY wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Gabor CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Istvan CSEH wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Peter 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. Ignaz FILIPECZ wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. John 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. 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. 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. Henry LENE was appointed to the magistracy of Calais. Pachachi MARAKKAR shortened the road from Vijayanagar to Calicut to 246 miles. Oberto GIOVANNI shortened the road from Florence to Lecce to 398 miles. Creon RANGABE shortened the road from Arbaji to Sennar to 312 miles. John Albert JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Sigismund JAGIELLO wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. 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. Ahmed JUMBLAT shortened the road from Beirut to Rakka to 236 miles. Bayezid II OSMANLI shortened the road from Karaman to Scutari to 328 mi. Enver MUSTAPHA shortened the road from Brusa to Sinope to 338 miles. Jemal NARUN shortened the road from Tergovist to Constantinople to 237 mi. Izmet YAKUBOGLU shortened the road from Adrianople to Volos to 213 miles. Hussein YAHYAWI opened the market at Vidin. Qansuh YAHYAWI opened the market at Damascus. Abdalwahhab TAHIRID shortened the road from Sidon to ArRutbah to 205 mi. Tawfiq ERRIAD shortened the road from Erriad to Doha to 230 miles. Haydar ERRIAD shortened the road from cairo to Qus to 220 miles. Ali SAFAVID shortened the road from Tabriz to Poti to 367 miles. Bassima SAFAVID shortened the road from Diarbekr to Sinope to 377 miles. Ihab SAFAVID shortened the road from Tun to Serrakhs to 220 miles. Omar MONTAFIQ shortened the road from Samawa to Unayzah to 352 miles. Alaaldawla BAKHTISHAH shortened the road from Herat to Kabul to 328 miles. Mansur AFSHAR shortened the road from Teheran to Tun to 296 miles. Mamoun TULANBI shortened the road from Shiraz to Dikbayah to 218 miles. Albrecht PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Henry PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Eric GADH was appointed to the magistracy of Wismar. Victorin PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Moritz KIEFUSS. Hynek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. Bocek PODEBRAD wrote a diatribe against Gur AKRAR. Chval JICIN wrote a diatribe against Albert HOHENZOLLERN. 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. Geraldo CORTEREAL 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. Ercole ESTE closed the market at Ferrara. Giuliano ROVERE shortened the road from Peking to Hangginqi to 314 miles. Richard WAKEFIELD shortened the road from Cairo to Siwa to 215 miles. Guy LEGIER deepened the harbor at Elaphonissos to 15 feet. Atititl OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at Guanajuato. Tochtli OPOCHTLILI planted 100 colonists at TierraDeBrea. Citli COCHOTL planted 100 colonists at Tetelcingo. Robert BLACKADDER shortened the road from Amsterdam to Lyons to 421 miles. Adam BLACKADDER shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 276 miles. Pacifico BURLAMACCHI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 267 mi. Xolotl COCHOTL was appointed to the magistracy of CapeBroyle. Sadam DAMASCUS was appointed to the magistracy of Tripolis. Antoniotto FREGOSI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 258 miles. Francesco MARTINI shortened the road from Genoa to Auxerre to 249 miles. SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES - GRENOBLE: King of Orange to King of France TENANCY CHANGES - GLATZ: Prince of Glatz to Magistrate of Glatz BRUNN: Prince of Glatz to Magistrate of Brunn