Native Name: | (Teil-)Herzogtum Pommern-Wolgast (German) Księstwo wołogoskie (Polish) Ducatus Wolgastensis (Latin) |
Conventional Long Name: | Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast |
Common Name: | Pomerania-Stettin |
Era: | Late Middle Ages |
Status: | Duchy |
Status Text: | State of the Holy Roman Empire |
Flag Border: | no |
Government Type: | Feudal duchy |
Life Span: | 1295–1478 |
Year Start: | 1295 |
Event Start: | Partition of the Duchy of Pomerania |
Event1: | Partition of part of its territory into Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Neustettin |
Date Event1: | 25 May 1368 |
Event2: | Partition of part of its territory into Pomerania-Stargard |
Date Event2: | 1377 |
Event End: | Unification of the Duchy of Pomerania |
Year End: | 1478 |
P1: | Duchy of Pomerania |
Flag P1: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
P2: | Pomerania-Neustettin |
Border P1: | no |
S1: | Duchy of Pomerania |
Flag S1: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border S1: | no |
S2: | Pomerania-Stolp |
Flag S2: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border S2: | no |
S3: | Pomerania-Stargard |
Flag S3: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border S3: | no |
S4: | Pomerania-Barth |
Flag S4: | COA of Pommern-Barth.png |
Border S4: | no |
S5: | Pomerania-Neustettin |
Capital: | Wolgast |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Title Leader: | Duke |
Leader1: | Bogislaw IV |
Year Leader1: | 1295–1309 (first) |
Leader2: | Wartislaw X |
Year Leader2: | 1474–1478 (last) |
Image Map Caption: | Pomerania-Wologast in 1400. |
Today: | Poland Germany |
The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Wolgast. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.[1] It existed in the Late Middle Ages era from 1295 to 1478.[1]
The state was formed in 1160, in the partition of the Duchy of Pomerania, with duke Bogislaw IV, as its first ruler.[1] In 1478, the state was incorporated into the re-unified Duchy of Pomerania, under the rule of duke Bogislaw X.[2] During its existence, part of its territory was partitioned into Pomerania-Stolp (1368), Pomerania-Neustettin (1368),[3] Pomerania-Barth (1376),[4] and Pomerania-Stargard (1377).[5] [6] [7]
The coat of arms of the duchy was the escutcheon separated into two halves, with the upper half being red, and lower half, a blue and yellow (gold) checker. In the upper half is placed white (silver) upper half of a Griffin. It was originally the coat of arms of the Bernstein Land.[8]