Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania ( – 22 September 1405 in Pütnitz, near Ribnitz-Damgarten) was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1394 to 1405. He was the son of Wartislaw VI of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Barnim is known for his engagement in piracy. He erected a fort and a port for this purpose in Ahrenshoop, which was destroyed by Rostock in 1395. He allowed the Victual Brothers, a pirate organization assaulting vessels of the
Hanseatic League
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in the Baltic Sea, to use the Peene river as a winter refuge and the
Bay of Greifswald
The Bay of GreifswaldTeutonic Knights not to further support the Victual Brothers (then also "Likedeelers"), but kept on engaging in piracy himself. On one of his expeditions, he was caught by the Hanseatic League in Kopenhagen's port. From 1400-1403, he aided the dukes of Mecklenburg-Werle in their campaigns against Lübeck. Barnim himself was wounded once at Lübeck's gates.Werner Buchholz (ed.), Pommern, Siedler, 1999, p.147
In 1405, Barnim died of the
Black Death
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. To avoid this fate, he went on a pilgrimage to
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near Barth, but died on his way in Pütnitz (a part of today's Ribnitz-Damgarten) on 23 September 1405. He was buried in Kenz, where a large wooden statue resembling Barnim was furnished.
Marriage and issue
He married Veronica of Hohenzollern, daughter of
Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
Frederick V of Nuremberg (before 3 March 1333 – 21 January 1398) was a Burgrave (''Burggraf'') of Nuremberg, of the House of Hohenzollern.
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He was the elder son of John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Henneberg. From the de ...
Kenz KENZ may refer to:
* KENZ (FM), a radio station (94.9 FM) licensed to serve Provo, Utah, United States
* KHTB, a radio station (101.9 FM) licensed to serve Ogden, Utah, which held the call sign KENZ from 2005 to 2015
* Kenz-Küstrow
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Black Death
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, died during his pilgrimage and was buried in Kenz.
File:Barnim VI Kenotaph.png, Cenotaph for Barnim VI in St. Mary's church, Kenz, containing a wooden statue
File:Barnim VI Epitaph.png, Epitaph for Barnim VI in St. Mary's church, Kenz
File:Barnim VI Grabstein.png, Tombstone for Barnim VI in St. Mary's church, Kenz
See also
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List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes
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
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