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- In 1135, Bolesław had accepted overlordship of Holy Roman Emperor Lothair III and in turn received his Pomeranian gains as well as the still undefeated Principality of Rügen as a fief.
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The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, [a] also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz, [b] was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Wolgast. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty. [1] It existed in the Late Middle Ages era from 1295 to 1478. [1] [2]
Wartislaw VI received Pomerania-(Wolgast)-Barth, the former principality of Rügen, and Bogislaw IV's Pomerania-Wolgast was reduced to an area between Greifswald and the Świna river. When Bogislaw VI died in 1393 and Wartislaw VI in 1394, the latter's sons Barnim VI and Wartislaw VIII ruled in common.
On December 6, 1425, the western part of Pomerania-Wolgast (without Pomerania-Stolp) was partitioned again at a congress in Eldena Abbey, this time among the Wartislaw IX and his brother Barnim VII, who received the eastern part with Wolgast, and their cousins Swantibor II and his brother Barnim VIII, who received the Rugian part with Barth.
The western remainder of Pomerania-Wolgast was further partitioned between Bogislaw IV and Wartislaw VI on December 6, 1376. Wartislaw VI received Pomerania-(Wolgast)-Barth, the former principality of Rügen, and Bogislaw IV's Pomerania-Wolgast was reduced to an area between Greifswald and the Swine river.
He acceded to power after the death of his father, Georg I. In 1532 he received Pomeranian-Wolgast. His most remarkable act with regard to tapestries was financing a workshop in Stettin, directed by Flemish weavers. One of them, Peter Heymans, worked there between 1547 and 1566.
Erik II of Pomerania-Wolgast, successor to Bogislaw IX of Pomerania-Storp, again allied himself with Jogaila and his son and successor Casimir IV in the Thirteen Years' War against the Teutonic Order. On January 3, 1455, he was granted the lands of Lauenburg and Buttow on the Pomerlian frontier.
Ernst Ludwig and his brother Bogislaw XIII received Pomerania-Wolgast, while his other brothers, Johann Friedrich and Barnim XII, received Pomerania-Stettin and Casimir IX the bishopric of Cammin.
