Johan Weze (1490–13 June 1548), also known as Johan von Weeze, was a secretary of King

Christian II of Denmark Christian II (1 July 1481 – 25 January 1559) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union who reigned as King of Denmark and Norway, from 1513 until 1523, and Sweden from 1520 until 1521. From 1513 to 1523, he was concurrently Duke ...

and a diplomat at the service of the Holy Roman Emperor

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. In 1522, he was appointed

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. He followed Christian II into exile but resigned as his secretary when Christian refused to follow the policies of his brother-in-law the Emperor Charles V. In 1527 Weze joined the service of the Emperor as a diplomat and participated in numerous missions in the Holy Roman Empire. He was appointed Prince Bishop of Constance in 1537, a post he held until his death in 1548.Vocht, H. (1961). Humanistica Lovaniensia – vol. 16, John Dantiscus and his Netherlandish friends: as revealed by their correspondence 1522–1546. Leuven University Press.

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1490 births 1548 deaths Archbishops and bishops of Lund Roman Catholic bishops of Constance 16th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire {{Denmark-bio-stub