Pomerania-Wolgast Explained

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]

Symbols

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]

List of rulers

Citations

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Edward Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, p. 170.
  2. Zdzisław Machura, O Księżnych i Książętach znanych z historii miasta Słupska: publikacja wydana z okazji X Jubileuszowego Jarmarku Gryfitów.
  3. Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, pp.143,146,147
  4. Oliver Auge, Die pommerschen Greifen als Fürsten von Rügen und Herzöge von Barth, in: Melanie Ehler, Matthias Müller (eds.), Unter fürstlichem Regiment. Barth als Residenz der pommerschen Herzöge, pp. 13–30.
  5. Źródła do kaszubsko-polskich aspektów Pomorza Zachodniego do roku 1945 by B. Wachowiak, Pomorze Zachodnie pod rządami książąt plemiennych i władców z dynastii Gryfitów. p 123.
  6. Gryfici. Książęta Pomorza Zachodniego by K. Kozłowski and J. Podralski, p. 73.
  7. Książęcy ród Gryfitów by J. W. Szymański. p. 114.
  8. Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 1. A-O. p. 336.