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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]
Partition of Pomerania-Wolgast (1368–72): Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stolp. Between the partition of 1368 and the reunification in 1478. Bogislaw X becomes sole ruler of the duchy of Pomerania (1478) Protestant Reformation (1518–1534) Partition of 1532: Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Wolgast.
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Wolgast ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlˌɡast] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the bank of the river (or strait) Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom on the Baltic coast that can be accessed by road and railway via a movable bascule bridge ( Blaues Wunder ).
Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast (c. 1400 – 17 April 1457, Wolgast) was the eldest son of the Duke Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania (dynasty of Griffins) and Veronica of Hohenzollern, daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg. He reigned from 1417 until his death in 1457 and he married Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg in 1420.
Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin ( c. 1460 – 26 April 1504, Wismar ), was Duchess of Mecklenburg by marriage from 1478 to 1504. She was the daughter of Eric II of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1474) and his wife Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp (d. 1497). Her brother was Bogislaw X (1454-1523), who ruled the country for almost fifty years as a unified territory.
Eric II or Erich II (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474) was a member of the House of Pomerania (also known as the Griffins) and was the ruling Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1457 to 1474. He was the son of Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast and Sophia, daughter of Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg.
