Search results
Apr 22, 2024 · Frederick II, king of Sicily (1197–1250), duke of Swabia (as Frederick VI, 1228–35), German king (1212–50), and Holy Roman emperor (1220–50). A Hohenstaufen, he pursued his dynasty’s imperial policies against the papacy and the Italian city-states. He also joined in the Sixth Crusade (1228–29).
- Gunther Wolf
The duchy was formed after gaining independence from the Kingdom of Poland in the 11th century, following the death of Bolesław I the Brave in 1025. The duchy was then integrated back into Poland in 1046 or 1048 by Casimir I the Restorer, and its land remained under Polish rule until around 1060, when the duchy was restored.
People also ask
Why did the Brandenburgian electorate take the Duchy of Pomerania?
Who conquered Pomerania in the 12th century?
Who ruled the Pomeranian dynasty?
What is the meaning of Duchy of Eastern Pomerania?
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.
The treaty temporarily settled a conflict about the succession of Otto III, Duke of Pomerania, who had died without issue: Emperor Frederick III, elector Frederick II as well as Eric II and Wartislaw X of Pomerania claimed to be the rightful heir of Otto's share of the Duchy of Pomerania.
After the schism divided Western Christianity in the early 16th century, the Pomeranian dukes converted to Lutheranism (1534). The peak development of the duchy took place in the last hundred years of its existence (the reign of duke Bogislaw X, John Frederick, Barnim XI and Philip II).
The Dukes of Pomerania-Wolgast, Eric II and Wartislaw X, held that they were Otto's rightful heirs. Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg held that Pomerania-Stettin was a fief of Brandenburg. Since its duke, Otto III, had died without a male heir, it should fall back to Brandenburg.
As part of his commitment to stimulate recovery from the losses of the Seven Years’ War, he tried to abolish serfdom in Prussian Pomerania and also to give the peasantry of Upper Silesia greater security of tenure, but none of this had much practical effect because he never contemplated any significant change in the social order.
