Native Name: | (Teil-)Herzogtum Pommern-Rügenwalde (German) Księstwo darłowskie (Polish) Ducatus Dirlowensis (Latin) |
Conventional Long Name: | Duchy of Pomerania-Rügenwalde |
Era: | Early modern period |
Status: | Duchy |
Status Text: | State of the Holy Roman Empire |
Flag Border: | no |
Government Type: | Feudal duchy |
Life Span: | 1569–1625 |
Year Start: | 1569 |
Event Start: | Partition from Pomerania-Stettin |
Event End: | Unification of the Duchy of Pomerania |
Year End: | 1625 |
P1: | Pomerania-Stettin |
Flag P1: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border P1: | no |
S1: | Duchy of Pomerania |
Flag S1: | Grunwald Słupsk i Szczecin.svg |
Border S1: | no |
Capital: | Darłowo |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Title Leader: | Duke |
Year Leader1: | 1569–1603 (first) |
Leader2: | Bogislaw XIV |
Year Leader2: | 1606–1625 (last) |
Today: | Poland |
The Duchy of Pomerania-Rügenwalde, also known as the Duchy of Rügenwalde, and the Duchy of Darłowo, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Darłowo. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.[1] It existed in the early modern period, from 1569 to 1625.[1]
The state was formed in 1569, from the part of the territory of Pomerania-Stettin, with duke Barnim X, as its first ruler.[1] It existed until 1625, when, under the rule of duke Bogislaw XIV, it was incorporated into the unified Duchy of Pomerania.[2]