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(Note: Here the numbering of the dukes is the same for all duchies, as all were titled Dukes of Pomerania, despite the different parts of land or particular numbering of the rulers. The dukes are numbered by the year of their succession.)
The Duchy of Pomerania ( German: Herzogtum Pommern; Polish: Księstwo pomorskie; Latin: Ducatus Pomeraniae) was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania ( Griffins ). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–1160, 1264–1295, 1478–1531, and 1625–1637.
- Feudal duchy
- High Middle Ages
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Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania) The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th and 11th centuries. Non-dynastic. In 1106, Pomerania is divided by his two older sons: Wartislaw, who founded the House of Pomerania and the Duchy of Pomerania, and Świętopełk I.
Pomerania ( Polish: Pomorze ⓘ ; German: Pommern ⓘ ; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Swedish: Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships of Poland, while the ...
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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.
In the 11th and 12th century, the region was divided between the Dukes of Pomerania (the Griffin dynasty) in the west, and the Samborides in the eastern part that is also known as Pomeralia. During these centuries, both duchies were at various times vassal states of Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and Poland.
Pomeranians are the group’s smallest members. Prior to securing the breed name of Pomeranian, they were called by several other names. Fox Dog, Lulu, Pommer, Wolfsspitz German Spitz, Volpino and Spitz Dog. An interesting fact – Germany did not accept the breed to be named Pomeranians until 1974.
