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Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania ( c. 1350 – 7 March 1393) was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast . In 1365, after the death of his father, Barnim IV, he ruled Pomerania jointly with his brother Wartislaw VI. As they were both minors, they stood under the guardianship of their uncle Bogislaw V, who died in 1374. After some disputes, Pomerania was ...
Bogislaw II was a son of Bogislaw I and his second wife, Anatasia, the daughter of Mieszko III of Poland. He was still a minor when his father died in 1187. Bogislaw and his brother Casimir II stood under the regency and guardianship of their mother and Castellan Wartislaw II of Stettin from the Swantiborides side line, [1] who is referred to ...
Siemomysł, Duke of Pomerania. Siemomysł, Siemosił, or Zemuzil ( fl. 11th century) was the first historically verifiable Duke of Pomerania, recorded in 1046 in the Annals of Niederaltaich ( Annales Altahensis maiorum ).
When Duke Wartislaw III died in 1264, Barnim I was able to unite the whole Duchy of Pomerania under his rule. He promoted the Ostsiedlung by introducing German settlers and customs into the duchy, established many towns, among them Prenzlau, Szczecin, Gartz, Anklam, Stargard, Gryfino, Police, Pyrzyce, Ueckermünde and Goleniów.
Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania. Ernst Ludwig (20 November 1545, [1] in Wolgast – 17 June 1592, in Wolgast) [2] [3] was duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1592. [4] From 1569 to 1592, he was duke in the Teilherzogtum Pomerania-Wolgast, [5] sharing the rule over the Duchy of Pomerania with his older brother Johann Friedrich, duke in the other ...
Casimir V was the youngest son of Duke Swantibor III of (1351–1413), who ruled Pomerania-Stettin alone. His older brothers were Otto II (born: c. 1380 – died 1428) and Albert (died before 1412). His father made him leader of the Pomeranian contingent who took part in the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) on the side of the Teutonic Order.
Otto II was the eldest son of Duke Swantibor III, of Pomerania-Stettin and his wife Anna of Hohenzollern. When Otto was about 20 years old, his father tried to make him the Archbishop of Riga, which, against the will of the Teutonic Knights, who preferred John of Wallenrode as Archbishop. Otto was confirmed as Archbishop in 1394 by King ...
