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Germany. The Duchy of Pomerania-Demmin, [a] also known as the Duchy of Demmin, and the Duchy of Dymin, [b] was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Demmin. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty. It existed in the High Middle Ages era, between 1160 and 1264.
Casimir II (also spelled Kasimir II) ( Polish: Kazimierz II pomorski) ( c. 1180 – 1219) was the duke of Pomerania-Demmin from 1187 until his death. He was succeeded by Wartislaw III, Casimir's son with princess Ingardis of Denmark .
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Then the duchy was split into Pomerania-Demmin, ruled by Casimir, including the upper Peene, Tollense, Dievenow and Rega areas, and Pomerania-Stettin, ruled by Bogislaw, including the lower Peene, Uecker, Oder, and Ihna areas. The Kolberg area was ruled in common as a codominion. Westward expansion of Wartislaw I
Casimir I (or Kasimir I) (after 1130 – 1180) was duke of Pomerania since his uncle Ratibor I 's death in 1155/56. A son of Wartislaw I, he co-ruled Pomerania with his older brother Bogislaw I, receiving Pomerania-Demmin as his share just as Bogislaw received Pomerania-Stettin, and ruling the remainder in common.
In 1231, Frederick II again invested the Ascanian Brandenburg margraves with the duchy of Pomerania. At this time, the Duchy of Pomerania was co-ruled by Duke Wartislaw III of Demmin and his cousin Duke Barnim I (the Good) of Stettin. After the Danes retreated, Brandenburg took the chance and invaded Pomerania-Demmin.
The territory of Pomerania (Pommern in German) stretched along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, from the island of Rügen (now within north-eastern Germany) to the mouth of the Vistula at Gdansk (now part of Poland ). In the Bronze Age, prior to expansion of the Central European Lusatian culture around 1300-1200 BC, the Western Balts seem ...
The history of Pomerania in the 11th and 12th centuries is quite complicated. The Bogislaw family ruled Pomerania at the time, but sometimes there were 2 or 3 dukes of the Bogislaw family ruling different parts of Pomerania as the land was divided by inheritance. To the south of Pomerania were another Slavic people called Polini.
