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Duchy of Pomerania. Partitions of Pomerania. First partition 1155–1264. Second partition 1295–1368. Third partition 1368–1376. Fourth partition 1376/1377–1478 and Pomeranian immediacy. Fifth and sixth partitions 1531–1625. Definitive reunification and annexation to Sweden. Dukes of Pomerania: the House of Griffins.
George was the eldest son of Duke Bogislaw X of Pomerania and his second wife Anna of Poland, a daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland. He was named after his uncle and godfather, Duke Georg the Bearded of Saxony, who had married the younger sister of George's mother. As a child, George spent time at the court of his uncle and godfather in ...
- 5 October 1523 – 10 May 1531
- House of Griffins
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Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania. Mother. Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg. 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 ...
- between 1418 and 1425
- 5 July 1474, Wolgast
- Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania
Erik VII (born c. 1381, Pomerania—died c. June 1459, Rügenwalde, Pomerania [now Darłowo, Poland]) was the king of the united realms of Denmark, Norway (as Erik III), and Sweden (as Erik XIII) from 1397 to 1439; his autocratic rule and foreign wars eventually lost him the throne in all three of his dominions.
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Jan 7, 2018 · Eric of Pomerania was no more than six at the time when he was bestowed as the future king by Margaret. He was 14 when he married his 12-year-old English wife, Princess Philippa, and just 15 when he was crowned as sovereign king in the ancient town of Kalmar, Rikets Nyekel–the key of the kingdom. He was to be their great king.
Oct 28, 2017 · Eric II, duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, was the son of Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania and his wife Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg. He was born between 1418 and 1425 [1] . Erich II's first marriage with Margarete of Mecklenburg, daughter of duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Stargard [1], is uncertain and has been refuted by historian Adolf Hofmeister [2] .
Eric of Pomerania, ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII as King of Sweden. Eric was ultimately deposed from all three kingdoms of the union, but in 1449 he inherited one ...
