The
Duchy of Pomerania
was partitioned several times to satisfy the claims of the male members of the ruling
House of Pomerania
dynasty.
[1]
The partitions were named after the ducal residences:
Pomerania-Barth, -Demmin, -Rugenwalde, -Stettin, -Stolp, and -Wolgast
. None of the partitions had a hereditary character,
[2]
[3]
the members of the House of Pomerania inherited the duchy in common.
[2]
The duchy thus continued to exist as a whole despite its division.
[2]
The only exception was made during a war with the
Margraviate of Brandenburg
, when in 1338
Barnim III
of Pomerania-Stettin was granted his partition as a fief directly from the
Holy Roman Emperor
, while Pomerania-Wolgast remained under formal Brandenburgian overlordship.
[4]
[5]
However, already in 1348, German king and later emperor
Charles IV
again granted the Duchy of Pomerania as a whole and the
Principality of Rugen
as a fief to the dukes of both Pomerania-Stettin and Pomerania-Wolgast, nullifying Brandenburg's claims by granting
Imperial immediacy
.
[5]
[6]
Partitions
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In 1155, the duchy was partitioned in
Pomerania-Demmin
and
Pomerania-Stettin
.
[7]
With short interruptions, this division lasted until 1264.
[8]
In 1295, the duchy was partitioned in
Pomerania-Wolgast
and Pomerania-Stettin.
[1]
[2]
In 1368/72,
Pomerania-Stolp
was split from Pomerania-Wolgast.
[9]
In 1376,
Pomerania-Barth
was split from truncated Pomerania-Wolgast.
[9]
In 1402, Pomerania-Rugenwalde was briefly split from Pomerania-Stolp
[9]
for three years.
[10]
In 1451, Pomerania-Barth was for six years merged back into Pomerania-Wolgast.
[9]
[11]
In 1459, Pomerania-Stolp was merged back into Pomerania-Wolgast.
[9]
In 1464,
Pomerania-Stettin was claimed by both
Pomerania-Wolgast and
Brandenburg
, and merged with Pomerania-Wolgast following the
Peace of Prenzlau
(1472/79).
[9]
[12]
In 1478, Pomerania-Barth was merged back in, temporarily ending the internal division.
[9]
[12]
In 1532, the duchy was partitioned in a Pomerania-Stettin and a
Pomerania-Wolgast
of significantly different shape as the earlier divisions of the same names.
[13]
[14]
In 1569, Pomerania-Barth was split from Pomerania-Wolgast and
Pomerania-Rugenwalde
was split from Pomerania-Stettin, these partitions also differed in shape from earlier partitions with the same name.
[15]
In 1625, the duchy came under the sole rule of
the last duke of the Griffin dynasty
, who died during the
Thirty Years' War
in 1637, when
the duchy was under Swedish occupation
.
After the war, the
Swedish Empire
and
Brandenburg-Prussia
succeeded the
Griffin dukes
in the
Peace of Westphalia
(1648) and divided it in the
Treaty of Stettin (1653)
into a
Swedish Pomerania
and a
Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania
. Both the Swedish and Brandenburgian rulers, in contrast to the Griffin dukes, became hereditary dukes in their respective share. In 1679 and 1720, the Brandenburg-Prussian part was enlarged at the expense of the Swedish share. In 1815, all the former duchy was reorganized in the
Prussian province of Pomerania
.
See also
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References
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Kyra T. Inachin
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Die Geschichte Pommerns
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Norbert Buske,
Pommern
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ISBN
3-931185-07-9
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Gerhard Krause, Siegfried M Schwertner, Horst Balz,
Gerhard Muller
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ISBN
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Werner Buchholz,
Pommern
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ISBN
3-88680-272-8
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Die Geschichte Pommerns
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ISBN
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Werner Buchholz,
Pommern
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ISBN
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Jan M Piskorski,
Pommern im Wandel der Zeiten
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ISBN
83-906184-8-6
OCLC
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ISBN
83-906184-8-6
OCLC
43087092
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Kyra Inachim,
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ISBN
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Benl, Rudolf (1992). "Anfange und Entwicklung des Standewesens in Pommern". In Boockmann, Hartmut (ed.).
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ISBN
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Werner Buchholz,
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ISBN
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ISBN
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Werner Buchholz,
Pommern
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ISBN
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Gerhard Krause, Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Muller,
Theologische Realenzyklopadie
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ISBN
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Pommern
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ISBN
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