Pomerania-Stettin

Pomerania-Stettin

Pomerania-Stettin

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The Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin,[lower-alpha 1] also known as the Duchy of Stettin, and the Duchy of Szczecin,[lower-alpha 2] was a feudal duchy in Farther Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Szczecin. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.[1] It existed in the eras of the High and Late Middle Ages, and the early modern period, between 1160 and 1264, between 1295 and 1523, and between 1532 and 1625.

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The state was formed in 1160, in the partition of the Duchy of Pomerania, with duke Bogusław I, as its first ruler.[1] In 1264, Barnim I, Duke of Stettin, had unified duchies of Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Demmin, re-establishing the Duchy of Pomerania.[2] The state was again formed in 1295, in the partition of the Duchy of Pomerania, with Otto I as its ruler.[3][4] In 1478, the state was incorporated into the re-unified Duchy of Pomerania, under the rule of duke Bogislaw X.[5] Pomerania-Stettin was again established in 21 October 1532, with the partition of Duchy of Pomerania, with Barnim XI as its ruler.[6][7] The state existed until 1625, when, under the rule of Bogislaw XIV, it was incorporated into the unified Duchy of Pomerania.[8]

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First state

Second state

Third state

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Notes

  1. German: (Teil-)Herzogtum Pommern-Stettin
  2. Polish: Księstwo szczecińskie; Latin: Ducatus Stetinensis

References

  1. [1]
    B. Dopierała, Polskie losy Pomorza Zachodniego, p. 40, 58-59.
  2. [2]
    Jan Maria Piskorski, Pommern im Wandel der Zeiten, p. 61.
  3. [3]
    E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, p. 170.
  4. [4]
    K. Kozłowski, J. Podralski, Gryfici. Książęta Pomorza Zachodniego, p. 85.
  5. [5]
    Zdzisław MachuraO Księżnych i Książętach znanych z historii miasta Słupska: publikacja wydana z okazji X Jubileuszowego Jarmarku Gryfitów.
  6. [6]
    J. W. Szymański, Książęcy ród Gryfitów, p. 87.
  7. [7]
    E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, p. 431.
  8. [8]
    E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, p. 470.

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