Andrea dal Burgo császári követ magyar- és csehországi missziója (1521–1523)
The Hungarian–Bohemian Mission of an Imperial Ambassador, Andrea dal Burgo (1521–1523)

Summary/Abstract: Andrea dal Burgo (or Borgo, 1467–1532) was one of the most remarkable diplomats in the service of emperor Maximilian I, then Charles V at the beginning of the 16th century. He was entrusted with the task of accompanying the princess and future queen, Mary of Habsburg to Hungary in May 1521. The mission was planned to be short, but Burgo ended up staying in the court of the Hungarian–Bohemian king, Louis II, for more than two and a half years, until the end of the Congress of Wiener Neustadt in October 1523. Whilst representing the Habsburg brothers, Charles V and archduke Ferdinand I, Burgo played a role as a confident top advisor of the young royal couple in the political decision-making processes, e.g. in arranging the voyage of Louis II and Queen Mary to Bohemia and the replacement of the Czech government in Prague in February 1523. More than 147 reports and letters are preserved from his mission, which are outstanding sources of Hungarian and Bohemian political history.

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