Gustavus signed an alliance with Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania, securing his interests in Pomerania against the Catholic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, another Baltic competitor linked to Ferdinand by family and religion.
- 23 May 1618 – 15 May 1648, (29 years, 11 months, 3 weeks, and 1 day)
- Peace of Westphalia, Habsburg pre-eminence in Europe curtailed, Eradication of Protestantism in much of the Habsburg Monarchy, Shift from religious to dynastic wars;, Confirmation of Dutch independence and Swedish control of the Baltic
- Europe (primarily present-day Germany)
- France annexes Décapole and Upper Alsace, Sweden obtains Wolin and Western Pomerania, Brandenburg-Prussia obtains Eastern Pomerania
History. At the time of the Reformation Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire (Duchy of Pomerania) consisted of three separate states, the two branch duchies of Pomerania-Stettin (capital: Stettin, renamed as Szczecin as of 1945) and Pomerania-Wolgast (capital: Wolgast) as well as of the secular principality (capital: Kolberg, renamed as Kołobrzeg as of 1945) ruled by the Prince-Bishops of ...
Four years later, his father remarried to Sophie of Pomerania (1498–1568, 20 years old), a daughter of Bogislaw X “the Great”, Duke of Pomerania and the Polish princess Anna Jagiellon. The young Prince Christian’s first public service after his father became king was gaining the submission of Copenhagen, which stood firm for the ...
Following this example the ruling family of Pomerania, of which the most important member of this era was Bogislaw X (reigned 1478-1524), put an end to the excesses of the Pomeranian nobility also. In the provinces along the Baltic the nobility had then a force of armed men at their disposal probably equal to similar forces of the princes.
Sophie was a daughter of the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie (1568–1622), the daughter of Elector John George of Brandenburg. She married on 26 August 1610 in Dresden to Duke Francis of Pomerania-Stettin (1577–1620).
Bogislaw X in 1518 sent his son, Barnim, to study in Wittenberg. In 1521, he personally attended a mass of Martin Luther in Wittenberg, and also of other reformed preachers in the following years. Also in 1521, Johannes Bugenhagen, the most important person in the following conversion of Pomerania to Protestantism, left Belbuck Abbey to study ...
Bogusław I, Duke of Pomerania (523 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article Bogusław I (also Bogislaw and Boguslaus; c. 1130 – 18 March 1187), a member of the House of Griffins, was Duke of Pomerania from 1156 until his death.
1916 – The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. 1935 – One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa. 1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson. 1940 – World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris.
Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (451 words) exact match in snippet view article find links to article Poland. She was a daughter of Casimir III of Poland and his first wife Aldona of Lithuania. They had two children: Elizabeth of Pomerania (1347 – 15 April
Gediminas (c.1275 – December 1341), was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316[1][2] until his death. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory which, at the time of his death, spanned the area ranging from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.[3][4] Also seen as one of the most significant individuals in early Lithuanian history, he was responsible for ...