List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes

Map of the historical Duchy of Pomerania from the 17th century

This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania.

Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania)

The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th and 11th centuries.

Non-dynastic

Ruler		Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Siemomysł		c.1000 or 1020	After 1000–1046	c.29 June 1046	All Pomerania	Unknown	First known duke of all Pomerania. His origins are unknown.
Świętobor		before 1046	1060–1106	1106	All Pomerania	Anna	Son of Siemomysl.
Świętopełk I		before 1106	1106–1113	1113	Gdańsk Pomerania (future Pomerelia)	Unknown

In 1106, Pomerania is divided by his two older sons: Wartislaw, who founded the House of Pomerania and the Duchy of Pomerania, and Świętopełk I. After Swietopelk's death, his lands were occupied by the Saxon prince Lothar of Supplinburg. In 1155, the lands regained independence under Sobieslaw I, who founded the dynasty of the Samborides, and the Duchy of Pomerelia.

Duchy of Pomerania

Further information: Duchy of Pomerania

The Duchy resulted from the partition of Świętobor, Duke of Pomerania, in which his son Wartislaw inherited the lands that would become in fact known as Pomerania.

The Pomeranian Griffin

Partitions of Pomerania

First partition 1155–1264

In 1155, Pomerania was divided in Pomerania-Szczecin and Pomerania-Demmin. In the struggle to shake off Polish and Danish claims to feudal overlordship, Pomerania approached the Holy Roman Empire. In 1181, while staying in the camp outside the walls of Lübeck, Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa recognised Bogislaw I as duke of S(c)lavia, as it was called in the document. However, three years later in the Battle in the Bay of Greifswald (1184) the Danish Canute VI forced Pomerania to accept him as liege lord. In 1190 the Land of Słupsk-Sławno separated itself from Szczecin. With the defeat of Denmark in the Battle of Bornhöved (1227) Pomerania shook off the Danish liege-lordship, except for the city of Szczecin which remained under Danish suzerainty until 1235.

In 1231 Emperor Frederick II granted the immediate liege lordship over Pomerania to the Margrave of Brandenburg, who enforced this claim by the Treaties of Kremmen (1236) and of Landin (1250). Thus Pomerania had become a fief of Brandenburg, thus an only mediate (indirect) subfief of the Empire, with Brandenburg itself being an immediate imperial fief.

In 1227, Słupsk came to Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) within fragmented Poland, Sławno to Western Pomerania. In 1238 both became part of Pomerelia, ruled by the House of Sobiesław, and following the extinction of the line in 1294, both were directly reintegrated with Poland in accordance with the Treaty of Kępno. In 1317, the area became part of the Pomerania-Wolgast (Wołogoszcz), first as a pawn from Brandenburg, and definitively in 1347.

After Wartislaw III died heirless in 1264, Barnim I became sole duke of the whole duchy. After Barnim's death, the duchy was to be ruled by his sons Barnim II, Otto I and Bogislaw IV. The first years, Bogislaw, being the eldest, ruled in place of his too young brothers.

Second partition 1295–1368

In 1295, the Duchy of Pomerania was divided roughly by the Peene and Ina rivers, with the areas north of these rivers ruled by Bogislaw IV became Pomerania-Wolgast, whereas Otto I received Pomerania-Szczecin south of these rivers.

Third partition 1368–1376

In 1368, Pomerania-Wolgast was divided into a western part (German: Wolgast diesseits der Swine, including the name-giving residence in Wolgast) and an eastern part (German: Wolgast jenseits der Swine, in literature also called Pomerania-Stolp or Duchy of Słupsk after the residence in Słupsk (Stolp)), which came back under Polish suzerainty as a fief.

Fourth partition 1376/1377–1478 and Pomeranian immediacy

In 1376, the western part of Pomerania-Wolgast (German: Wolgast diesseits der Swine) was subdivided in a smaller western part sometimes named Pomerania-Barth (Bardo) after the residence in Barth, and an eastern part which included the residence in Wolgast. In the following year, the Duchy of Słupsk was divided into a western part which included Stargard and an eastern part which included the residence in Słupsk (Stolp).

In 1459, the eastern partitions of Pomerania-Wolgast around Stargard and Stolp ceased to exist. In 1478, after 200 years of partition, the duchy was reunited for a short period when all her parts were inherited by Bogislaw X. By the Treaty of Pyritz in 1493 Pomerania shook off the Marcher liege lordship and became again an immediate imperial estate, after new disputes finally confirmed by the Treaty of Grimnitz in 1529, both treaties provided Brandenburg succession in case the Pomeranian dukes would become extinct in the male line.

Fifth and sixth partitions 1531–1625

In 1531, Pomerania was partitioned into Pomerania-Stettin (Szczecin) and Pomerania-Wolgast. This time however, in contrast to the earlier partitions with the same names, Pomerania-Wolgast included the western, and Pomerania-Stettin the eastern parts of the duchy. In 1569, were created the duchies of -Barth (split off from -Wolgast) and -Rügenwalde (Darłowo) (split off from -Stettin).

Definitive reunification and annexation to Sweden

In 1625, Bogislaw XIV reunited all Pomerania under his rule. However, in 1637, Sweden hold western parts of Pomerania (Hither Pomerania), originally including Stettin, legalised by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 (Swedish Pomerania, several times reduced in favour of Brandenburgian Pomerania). Between 1637 and 1657 Lauenburg-Bütow Land (Lębork and Bytów) were reintegrated directly to Poland as a reverted fief, thereafter passed to Brandenburg under Polish overlordship until the Partitions of Poland. In 1648, Brandenburg prevailed in the Peace of Westphalia with its claim only for eastern parts of Pomerania (Farther Pomerania), with the Brandenburg electors officially holding simultaneously the title of dukes of Pomerania until 1806 (end of the Empire and its enfeoffments), but de facto integrating their Pomerania into Brandenburg-Prussia, making it one of the provinces of Prussia in 1815, then including former Swedish Pomerania.

Dukes of Pomerania: the House of Griffins

Partitions of Pomerania under Griffins rule

Duchy of Pomerania (1st creation) (1121–1156)
Demmin (1st creation) (1156–1184)				Szczecin/Stettin (1st creation) (1156–1264)				Sławno-Słupsk/Schlawe-Stolp (1156–1238)
Demmin (2nd creation) (1208–1264)
Duchy of Pomerania (2nd creation) (1264–1295)
										Szczecin/Stettin (2nd creation) (1295–1464)
Barth (1st creation) (1377–1393)	Wolgast (1st creation) (1295–1478)				Słupsk/Stolp (1368–1459)				Stargard (1377-1395)
Barth (2nd creation) (1425–1451)
Barth (3rd creation) (1457–1478)
Duchy of Pomerania (3rd creation) (1478–1531)
Wolgast (2nd creation) (1531–1625)										Szczecin/Stettin (3rd creation) (1531–1569)
					Barth (4th creation) (1569–1603)				Darłowo/ Rügenwalde (1st creation) (1569–1600)	(Wolgast line 1569–1600)
									(Rügenwalde line 1600–1603)
					(Barth line 1603–1625)						Darłowo/ Rügenwalde (2nd creation) (1603–1620)
Duchy of Pomerania (4th creation) (1625–1637)

Table of rulers

(Note: Here the numbering of the dukes is the same for all duchies, as all were titled Dukes of Pomerania, despite the different parts of land or particular numbering of the rulers. The dukes are numbered by the year of their succession.)

Ruler		Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Warcislaus I		c.1091	1121–1135	1135	Pomerania	24 pagan wives Heila of Saxony before 1128 one child Ida of Denmark 1129 three children	First duke of Pomerania and founder of the family as a vassal of Poland. A pagan, he converted to Christianity in the beginning of the 12th century. Then, along with his son Bolesław, backed Otto of Bamberg in his successful Conversion of Pomerania.
Racibor I		c.1124	1135–1156	1156	Pomerania	Pribislava Yaroslavna of Volhynia 1136 four children	Ancestor of the Ratiboriden branch of the House of Pomerania that ruled Słupsk-Sławno
Casimir I		after 1130	1156–1180	fall of 1180	Pomerania-Demmin	Pritolawa no children
Swietopelk		Before 1156	1156–c.1190	1190s	Pomerania-Schlawe-Stolp	Unmarried
Bogislaw I		1127	1156-1184	18 March 1187	Pomerania-Stettin	Walburga of Denmark three children Anastasia of Greater Poland 26 April 1177 two children	In 1184 after the death of his nephew Warcislaus II, reunited Stettin and Demmin.
Warcislaus II		c.1160	1180–1184	c.1184	Pomerania-Demmin	Sophia of Poland no children
Regency of Anastasia of Greater Poland (1187-1208)							Children of Bogislaw I, they split once more the duchy between them.
Bogislaw II		1177	1187–1220	23 January 1220	Pomerania-Stettin	Miroslava of Pomerelia 1210 three children
Dobroslawa		c.1175?	1187–1220	c.1220	Pomerania-Stettin (at Schlawe and Gützkow)	Wartislaw, castellan of Stettin c.1200 one child
Casimir II		c.1180	1187–1219	1219	Pomerania-Demmin	Ingard of Denmark 1210 two children
Bogislaw III		before 1190	c.1190–1223	1223	Pomerania-Schlawe-Stolp	A daughter of Mieszko III of Poland before 1223 two children	Son of Bogislaw II and younger brother of Barnim I. His existence is not certain. Received the -Sławno part in 1190 by his father.
Regency of Ingard of Denmark (1219-1226)							After his death in 1264, Barnim became the sole duke.
Warcislaus III		c.1210	1219–1264	17 May 1264	Pomerania-Demmin	Sophia 1236 three children
Racibor II		before 1223	1223–1238	1238	Pomerania-Schlawe-Stolp	unmarried	Son of Bogislaw III. Other historians suggest that he could be also son of Bogislaw II or Mestwin I of Pomerelia. After his death without descendants, the land returned to Pomerania.
Regency of Miroslava of Pomerelia (1220-1226)							Since 1227 the dukes were again vassals of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1264 Barnim reunited all Pomerania.
Barnim I the Good		c.1217/1219	1220–1264	13 December 1278	Pomerania-Stettin	Anna Maria of Saxony between 4 September 1238 and 18 July 1242 three children Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1252 or 1253 one child Matilda of Brandenburg between 29 March 1263 and 20 May 1267 six children
			1264-1278		Pomerania
Bogislaw IV		c.1255	1278–1295	19/24 February 1309	Pomerania	Matilda of Brandenburg-Stendal between 1275 and 1278 no children Margaret of Rügen 13 August 1284 six children	Ruled jointly. Bogislaw was the eldest son of Barnim I, and ruled with his stepmother, who was regent of her own sons. From 1294 Bogislaw ruled directly with his half-brothers Barnim and Otto, who reached majority in that year. Following the death of Barnim without descendants in 1295, Bogislaw and Otto divided Pomerania between them: Bogislaw retained Wolgast and Otto received Stettin.
			1295-1309		Pomerania-Wolgast
Regency of Matilda of Brandenburg, co-ruling with Bogislaw IV (1278-1294)
Barnim II		c.1277	1278-1295	28 May 1295	Pomerania	Unmarried
Otto I		1279	1278–1295	31 December 1344	Pomerania	Elisabeth of Holstein April 1296 two children
			1295–1344		Pomerania-Stettin
Warcislaus IV		before 1290	1309–1326	1 August 1326	Pomerania-Wolgast	Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin 11 April 1316 or 1317 three children	Son of Bogislaw IV.
Barnim III the Great		c.1300	1344–1368	14 August 1368	Pomerania-Stettin	Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1330 five children	Co-ruling since 1320.
Regency of Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin (1326-1330)							Sons of Bogislaw IV, ruled jointly. In 1368, Bogislaw, the last surviving brother, divided the land with his brother Barnim's heirs: They kept Wolgast, and Bogislaw created Stargard for himself.
Bogislaw V the Great		c.1318	1326–1374	23 April 1374	Pomerania-Stolp (at Wolgast until 1368)	Elisabeth of Poland 24 or 25 February 1343 three children Adelaide of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 1362 or 1363 four children
Warcislaus V the Father of the People		c.1 November 1326	1326–1368	1390	Pomerania-Wolgast	Anna of Mecklenburg-Stargard before 1390 no children
Barnim IV the Good		1325	1326–1365	22 August 1365	Pomerania-Wolgast	Sophia of Mecklenburg-Werle 1343 three children
Casimir III		1348	1368–1372	24 August 1372	Pomerania-Stettin	unmarried	Son of Barnim III.
Bogislaw VI		c.1350	1365–1393	7 March 1393	Pomerania-Wolgast	Judith of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1369 and 1377 no children Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14 or 19 September 1389 Celle two children	Sons of Barnim IV, ruled jointly. In 1377, they divided the land: Bogislaw kept Wolgast and Warcislaus retained Barth. However, as Bogislaw died without heirs, Warcislaus reunited Barth with Wolgast.
Warcislaus VI the One-Eyed		1345	1365–1377 1393-1394	13 June 1394	Pomerania-Wolgast	Anne of Mecklenburg-Stargard 1 October 1363 four children
			1377-1393		Pomerania-Barth
Swantibor I		c.1351	1372–1413	21 June 1413	Pomerania-Stettin	Anne of Nuremberg 17 September 1363 four children	Brothers of Casimir III, ruled jointly.
Bogislaw VII the Older		before 1355	1372–1404	1404	Pomerania-Stettin	Unknown before 1404 no children
Casimir IV		1351	1374–1377	2 January 1377	Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp	Kenna of Lithuania 1360 no children Margaret of Masovia 1368 or 1369 no children	After his death his sons divided the land.
Warcislaus VII		1363/5	1377–1394/5	1394/5	Pomerania-Stolp	Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 23 March 1380 one child	Sons of Casimir IV. Warcislaus received Stargard, and his brothers Bogislaw and Barnim received Stolp together. The death of Warcislaus made possible the reunion of the inheritance of their father, by Bogislaw and Barnim, who reunited Stolp to Stargard. However, there was an heir to Stolp: Bogislaw, who would be brought up in Denmark and changed name to Eric.
Bogislaw VIII Magnus		c.1364	1377–1394/5	11 February 1418	Pomerania-Stargard	Sophia of Holstein c.1398 two children.
			1394/5-1418		Pomerania-Stolp
Barnim V		1369	1377–1394/5	1402/3	Pomerania-Stargard	Hedwig of Lithuania 27 September 1396 one child
			1394/5–1403		Pomerania-Stolp
Barnim VI		c.1365	1393–1405	22 September 1405	Pomerania-Wolgast	Veronica of Hohenzollern circa or before 1395 three children	Sons of Warcislaus VI, ruled jointly.
Warcislaus VIII		1373	1393–1415	20/23 August 1415	Pomerania-Wolgast	Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg circa or before 1398 four children
Otto II		c.1380	1413–1428	27 March 1428	Pomerania-Stettin	Agnes of Mecklenburg-Stargard c.1411 no children	Sons of Swantibor I, ruled jointly.
Casimir V		before 1380	1413–1435	13 April 1435	Pomerania-Stettin	Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg circa or before 1420 three children Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen circa or before 1439 one child
Regency of Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg (1415-1425)							Sons of the co-rulers Barnim VI and Warcislaus VIII, under regency of Wartislaw VIII's widow. After the end of the regency of Agnes, the four rulers divided possessions: The sons of Barnim kept Wolgast; the sons of Warcislaus received Barth. However, as the sons of Warcislaus left no children, their possessions returned to the sons of Barnim VI.
Barnim VII the Older		1390	1425–1450	22 September 1450	Pomerania-Wolgast	Unmarried
Warcislaus IX		c.1400	1425–1457	17 April 1457	Pomerania-Wolgast	Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg 1420 four children Son of Barnim VI.
Barnim VIII the Younger		between 1405 and 1407	1425–1451	between 15 and 19 December 1451	Pomerania-Barth	Anna of Wunstorf circa or before 1434 one child
Swantibor II the Calm		c.1408	1425–1432	1432	Pomerania-Barth	Unmarried
Bogislaw IX		1407/1410	1418–1446	7 December 1446	Pomerania-Stolp	Maria of Masovia 24 June 1432 Poznań two children
Council of Regency (1435–1443)							Son of Casimir V.
Joachim the Younger		1424	1443–1451	4 October 1451	Pomerania-Stettin	Elisabeth of Brandenburg 29 September 1440 one child
Regency of Maria of Masovia (1446-1449)							Son of Warcislaus VII and original heir of Stolp in 1394, was under regency of his cousin's widow, Maria. His absence was probably the cause of his being bypassed in the Pomeranian succession. Also King of the Union of Kalmar between Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Eric I		1381/1382	1449–1459	3 May 1459	Pomerania-Stolp	Philippa of England 26 October 1406 Lund one child
Otto III		29 May 1444	1451–1464	7 September 1464	Pomerania-Stettin	unmarried	Son of Joachim the Younger. After his death, Stettin was annexed to Wolgast.
Sophie		1435	1459–1474	24 August 1497	Pomerania-Stolp	1451 twelve children	Daughter of Bogislaw IX and heir of Eric I. Despite her husband had inherited the duchy itself, the fact that she only renounced her rights to Pomerania in 1474 is possibly a sign of a co-rulership between the spouses.
Eric II		between 1418 and 1425	1457–1474	5 July 1474	Pomerania-Wolgast		Children of Warcislaus IX, divided the land. In 1464 Eric absorbed Stettin, but it was only with Warcislaus' death that Pomerania was reunited, already under Eric's son, Boguslaus.
Warcislaus X		1435	1457–1478	17 December 1478	Pomerania-Barth	Elisabeth of Brandenburg 5 March 1454 two children Magdalena of Mecklenburg-Stargard 1472 no children
Bogislaw X the Great		3 June 1454	1474–1478	5 October 1523	Pomerania-Wolgast	Margaret of Brandenburg 20 September 1477 Prenzlau no children Anna Jagiellon of Poland 2 February 1491 Szczecin eight children	Son of Eric II, reunited Pomerania in 1478.
			1478-1523		Pomerania
George I		11 April 1493	1523–1531	10 May 1531	Pomerania	Amalie of the Palatinate 22 May 1513 Szczecin three children Margaret of Brandenburg 23 January 1530 Berlin one child	Sons of Bogislaw X, ruled jointly. After George's death, Barnim divided Pomerania with his nephew Philip. After his death his possessions went to Pomerania-Wolgast.
Barnim IX the Pious		2 December 1501	1523–1531	2 November 1573	Pomerania	Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg 2 February 1525 Szczecin seven children
			1531-1569		Pomerania-Stettin
Philip I the Pious		14 July 1515	1531–1560	14 February 1560	Pomerania-Wolgast	Maria of Saxony 27 February 1536 Torgau ten children	Son of George I.
Ernest Louis the Fair		20 November 1545	1560–1592	17 June 1592	Pomerania-Wolgast	Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 20 October 1577 Wolgast three children	Sons of Philip I, ruled jointly. Divided the land in 1569: Ernest Louis kept Wolgast, John Frederick received Stettin, Bogislaw received Barth and Neuenkamp (later Franzburg), and Barnim received Rügenwalde. In 1592 Bogislaw became tutor of his nephew Philip Julius. In 1600 after the death of John Frederick without children, the land was inherited by Barnim, who reunited it with Rügenwalde. At the latter's death in 1603 also with no descendants, Bogislaw received the land and united it with Barth, but he gave Rügenwalde to one of his sons, and gave Barth and Neuenkamp to Philip Julius.
John Frederick the Strong		27 August 1542	1569-1600	9 February 1600	Pomerania-Stettin (in Wolgast until 1569)	Erdmuthe of Brandenburg 17 February 1577 Szczecin no children
Barnim X the Younger		15 February 1549	1569-1600	1 September 1603	Pomerania-Rügenwalde (in Wolgast until 1569)	Anna Maria of Brandenburg 8 January 1581 Berlin no children
			1600-1603		Pomerania-Stettin (Stettin and Rügenwalde)
Bogislaw XIII [XI]		9 August 1544	1569-1603	7 March 1606	Pomerania-Barth (in Wolgast until 1569)	Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg 8 September 1572 eleven children Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 31 May 1601 no children
			1603-1606		Pomerania-Stettin
Philip Julius		27 December 1584	1592–1625	6 February 1625	Pomerania-Wolgast	Agnes of Brandenburg 25 June 1604 Berlin no children	Son of Ernest Louis, united Barth to Wolgast in 1603
George II		30 January 1582	1606–1617	27 March 1617	Pomerania-Rügenwalde	Unmarried	Children of Bogislaw XI, divided the land. As they had no descendants, they inherited each other's lands and, lastly, it entirety ended up inherited by their younger brother Bogislaw.
Philip II the Pious		29 July 1573	1606–1618	3 February 1618	Pomerania-Stettin	Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 10 March 1607 Treptow an der Rega no children
Francis		24 March 1577	1606–1618	27 November 1620	Pomerania-Barth	Sophie of Saxony 26 August 1610 Dresden no children
			1618–1620		Pomerania-Stettin
Bogislaw XIV [XII] the Sociable		31 March 1580	1617–1620	10 March 1637	Pomerania-Rügenwalde	Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1615 no children	Younger son of Bogislaw XI, inherited the possessions of all his brothers and reunited Pomerania, but he also didn't have any children. At his death, Pomerania was annexed by the Kingdom of Sweden. But,the latest studies confirm the opinion that formally the titles of Bogislav XIV continued to be inherited by the descendants of Bogislav II through a younger hereditary line, which leads us to the count family of Hubytsky from Ukraine, which exists to this day.
			1620-1625		Pomerania-Stettin
			1625-1637		Pomerania

Principality of Rugia

Further information: Principality of Rugia

The Principality was initially a Danish feud, under local rulers, which formed a dynasty.

House of Wizlaw

Ruler		Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Ratislaus		c.1105	c.1130-1141	1141	Rügen	Unknown three children	First known ruler of Rügen.
Tetzlav		c.1120	1141-c.1175	c.1175	Rügen	Unknown at least one child	Children of Raclaw, ruled jointly.
Jaromar I		c.1120	1141-1218	1135	Rügen	Hildegard of Denmark (1157-?) c.1180 five children
Barnuta		c.1180	1218-1221	c.1235	Rügen	Slavonica at least one child	Abdicated to his brother in 1221.
Vislav I		c.1180	1221-1250	7 June 1250	Rügen	Margaret Sverkersdotter of Sweden (before 1200-5 March 1232) c.1215 six children	Brother of the previous.
Jaromar II		c.1218	1250-1260	20 August 1260	Rügen	Euphemia of Pomerelia (c.1225–1270) c.1240 three children
Vislav II		1240	1260-1302	29 December 1302	Rügen	Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg c.1265 eight children	Children of Jaromar II, ruled jointly.
Jaromar III		1249	1260-1282	1282	Rügen	Unmarried
Vislav III		1265	1302-1325	8 November 1325	Rügen	Margaret c.1305 no children Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin 1310 three children	Children of Vislav II, ruled jointly. After their childless deaths, the principality was annexed to Pomerania-Wolgast.
Sambor		1267	1302-1304	4 June 1304	Rügen	Unmarried

Duchy of Pomerelia

In 1155, the lands which belonged to Świętopełk I were organized by Sobieslaw I into the Duchy of Eastern Pomerania, also known as the Pomerelia, a provincial duchy of fragmented Poland. Sobiesław founded the House of Sobiesław.

The dukes of Pomerelia were using the Latin title dux Pomeraniae ("Duke of Pomerania") or dux Pomeranorum ("Duke of the Pomeranians").

The Pomerelian Griffin

Partitions of the Duchy of Pomerelia

In 1215, the duchy was divided in other smaller duchies: Gdańsk, Białogarda, Lubiszewo and Świecie.

  Gdańsk   Białogarda   Lubiszewo   Świecie

1155-1190

Duchy of Pomerelia-Gdańsk Became independent in 1215.

Duchy of Pomerelia-Białogarda Became independent in 1215.

Duchy of Pomerelia-Lubiszewo Became independent in 1215.

Duchy of Pomerelia-Świecie Became independent in 1215.

In 1271 the duchy is reunited and in 1294 reincorporated directly into Poland per the Treaty of Kępno.

Dukes of Pomerelia

Non-dynastic

Ruler		Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Świętopełk I		before 1106	1106–1113	1113	Pomerania-Gdańsk (future Pomerelia)	Unknown	He wasn't duke of Pomerelia, but ruled in the lands that became Pomerelia 40 years later.

House of Sambor (1155–1296)

Ruler		Born	Reign	Death	Ruling part	Consort	Notes
Sobieslaw I		c.1130	1155-1178	1178	Pomerelia	Unknown before 1150 two children
Sambor I		c.1150	1178-1205	7 February or 30 December 1205	Pomerelia	Unknown before 1205 two children
Mestwin I the Peaceful		c.1160	1205-1220	1/2 July 1220	Pomerelia	Swinisława of Poland c.1190 eight children	Brother of Sambor.
Świętopełk II the Great		c.1190	1220-1266	11 January 1266	Pomerelia-Gdańsk	Salomea of Halych before 1220 one child Euphrosyne of Greater Poland c.1220 two children Hermengard of Schwerin c.1230 two children	Son of Mestwin I. Ruler in Gdańsk, used the title Dux (Duke) from 1227.
Wartislaw I		c.1195	1220–1233	11 January 1233	Pomerelia-Białogarda-Lubiszewo-Świecie	unmarried	Son of Mestwin I. Ruler in Świecie, used the title Dux (Duke) from 1227. After his death his domains were divided between the younger brothers.
Racibor I		c.1212	1233–1262	6 June 1272	Pomerelia-Białogarda	unmarried	Son of Mestwin I. Joined the Teutonic Order in 1262, and -Białogarda was annexed by -Gdańsk.
Sambor II		c.1212	1233–1270	30 December 1277	Pomerelia-Lubiszewo	Matilda of Mecklenburg six children	Son of Mestwin I. He initially resided at a burgh located in the later village of Lubiszewo. After the town of Tczew was founded nearby in the course of the German Ostsiedlung, the dukes shifted their residence to the town.
Mestwin II		1220	1233–1270	29 December 1294	Pomerelia-Świecie	Judith of Wettin before 1275 two children Euphrosyne of Opole 1275 (div.1288) no children Sulisława after 1288 no children	Son of Swiatopelk I. In 1270, he reunited the duchy.
Wartislaw II		1237	1266–1270	9 May 1271	Pomerelia-Gdańsk	unmarried	Son of Swietopelk II. After his death without descendants, Gdańsk was absorbed by the reunited Duchy of Pomerelia.
Mestwin II		1220	1270–1294	29 December 1294	Pomerelia	Judith of Wettin before 1275 two children Euphrosyne of Opole 1275 (div.1288) no children Sulisława after 1288 no children	Reunites the duchy in 1270. In 1282, he transfers suzerainty back to Poland, and in 1294 Pomerelia was reincorporated directly into Poland.

Later history of Pomerelia

• 1296–1299 Part of Kuyavia within Poland
• 1299–1308 Part of Poland
• 1308–1454 Part of the State of the Teutonic Order
• 1454–1466 Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order
• 1466–1772 Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772) within the Kingdom of Poland, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569
• 1772–1793 Mostly annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland, except for Gdańsk, which remained with Poland until Second Partition of Poland
• 1793–1807 Province of West Prussia within the Kingdom of Prussia (Prussian Partition of Poland)
• 1807–1814 Part of Prussia, except for the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk) a Napoleonic client state, with François Joseph Lefebvre ennobled as Duc de Dantzic (1808–1820)
• 1814–1918 Part of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was part of the German Empire from 1871
  • 1814–1829 Province of West Prussia
  • 1829–1878 Province of Prussia
  • 1878–1919 Province of West Prussia
• 1920–1939 Part of Poland as the Pomeranian Voivodeship, except of Free City of Danzig, a League of Nations mandate
• 1939–1945 German occupation: Danzig-West Prussia, province of Nazi Germany
• 1945–present Part of Poland again

See also

• History of Pomerania

Further reading

• Gerard Labuda (ed.), "Historia Pomorza", vol. 1–4, Poznan-Torun 1969–2003
• Edmund Kopicki, "Tabele dynastyczne", "Wykazy panujacych", in: "Katalog podstawowych monet i banknotow Polski oraz ziem z historycznie z Polska zwiazanych", vol. IX, part I
• Zugmunt Boras, "Ksiazeta Pomorza Zachdniego", Poznań 1969, 1978, 1996
• Casimir Kozlowski, George Podralski, "Poczet Ksiazat Pomorza Zachdniego", KAW, Szczecin 1985
• L. Badkowski, W.Samp. "Poczet ksiazat Pomorza Gdanskiego", Gdańsk 1974
• B. Sliwinski, "Poczet ksiazaat gdanskich", Gdańsk 1997
• Wojciech Myslenicki, "Pomorscy sprzymierzenscy Jagiellonczylow", Wyd. Poznanskie, Poznań 1979
• J. Spors, "Podzially administracyjne Pomorza Gdanskiego i Slawiensko-Slupksiego od XII do poczatkow XIV w", Słupsk 1983
• K. Slaski, "Podzially terytorialne Pomorza w XII–XII w.", Poznań 1960
• Edward Rymar, Krewni i powinowaci ksiazat pomorskich w zrodłach sredniowiecznych (XII–początek XVI w.), Materially Zachodniopomorskie, vol. XXXI

External links

• Bogislaw X
• Map of Pomerania and Pomerelia as part of the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Empire 1138–1254.