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Swantibor was overthrown in a Pomeranian rebellion in 1105 or 1106 and was exiled to Poland, but it seems that he was able to return after his brother, Wartislaw I, became first duke of Pomerania in 1107. Records on the Swantiborides are very sketchy even after they were Germanised and accepted as part of the local ruling elite.
Albert II was probably born before 1400 and ruled. When his father died in 1417, he and his younger brother Henry inherited the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Stargard. Since they were minors, they stood under guardianship. Albert is last mentioned as alive in a document dated 11 February 1421. In a document dated 4 October 1423, his younger brother is ...
Coats of arms of Swantibor I of Pomerania (1 F) Media in category "Swantibor I, Duke of Pomerania" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Duchy of Pomerania ( German: Herzogtum Pommern; Polish: Księstwo pomorskie; Latin: Ducatus Pomeraniae) was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania ( Griffins ). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–1160, 1264–1295, 1478–1531, and 1625–1637.
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First duke of Pomerania. Brother of Swantibor. Polish vassal. 1113: Despite the apparently suspicious death of his opponent for the throne, his half-brother Zbigniew, the peace between Bolesław III of Poland, Bohemia, and the German emperor allows Bolesław to focus his attention on the tribes and newfound duchy of Pomerania. Now he conquers ...
