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In 1814, as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, Swedish Pomerania was ceded to Denmark in exchange for Norway in the Treaty of Kiel, and in 1815, as a result of the Congress of Vienna, transferred to Prussia.
Jan 5, 2011 · Although a major portion of the Swedish trans-Baltic provinces were lost after the Great Nordic War, a tiny territory on the sea shore, Swedish-Pomerania with the port town Stralsund and the...
- Andreas Önnerfors
t. e. Pomerania during the High Middle Ages covers the history of Pomerania in the 12th and 13th centuries. The early 12th century Obodrite, Polish, Saxon, and Danish conquests resulted in vassalage and Christianization of the formerly pagan and independent Pomeranian tribes. [1][2][3][4] Local dynasties ruled the Principality of Rügen (House ...
Jun 19, 2017 · While Denmark lost the area, Sweden, in the Treaty of Stockholm in 1720, regained northwestern Pomerania but lost a considerable part of its former territory: Prussia gained Stettin, the islands of Usedom and Wollin, and all of Pomerania south of the River Peene that had already been annexed.
In 1396, Erik of Pomerania was proclaimed king of Denmark and Sweden, and, at a major assembly in Kalmar in 1397, he was crowned as the king of all three Nordic countries. The creation of the union was possible because of dynastic relationships, but the Mecklenburgs’ claim to the three kingdoms was actually just as valid as Oluf’s and Erik ...
Germany portal. v. t. e. The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split between Germany and Poland.
At the end of the 12th century, the Duchy of Pomerania belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, the Principality of Rugia on the island of Rügen to Denmark, and Brandenburg, Denmark and the Teutonic Order were fighting for the rule over Pomeralia.
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