The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty (german: Greifen; pl, Gryfici, da, Grif) was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century and had been taken from the ducal coat of arms. Duke Wartislaw I (died 1135) was the first historical ruler of the Duchy of Pomerania and the founder of the Griffin dynasty. The most prominent Griffin was Eric of Pomerania, who became king of the

Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union (Danish language, Danish, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and sv, Kalmarunionen; fi, Kalmarin unioni; la, Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden, that from 1397 to 1523 joined under ...

in 1397, thus ruling Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The last Griffin duke of Pomerania was

Bogislaw XIV Bogislaw XIV (31 March 1580 – 10 March 1637) was the last Duke of Pomerania. He was also the Lutheran administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin. Biography Bogislaw was born in Barth as a member of the House of Pomerania. He was the third ...

, who died during the Thirty Years' War, which led to the division of Pomerania between Brandenburg-Prussia and Sweden. Duchess

Anna von Croy Anna of Pomerania (also known as ''Anne de Croy et Aerschot'', ''Anna von Croy und Aerschot, Anna von Pommern'') (3 October 1590, Barth - 7 July 1660, Stolp) was Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré, and allodial heiress of the extinct ducal hous ...

, daughter of Duke

Bogislaw XIII Bogislaw XIII (Bogusław XIII) of Pomerania (9 August 1544 – 7 March 1606, Stettin; ''Polish'': Szczecin), son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a prince of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins. Bogislaw studied at the Univer ...

and the last Griffin, died in 1660.

Name of the Dynasty

The dynasty is known by two names, ''Pomerania'', after their primary fief, and ''Griffin'', after their coat of arms, which had featured a

griffin The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late Latin, Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail ...

since the late 12th century: the first verifiable use of the griffin as the dynasty's heraldic emblem occurred in a seal of Casimir II, Duke of Pomerania, which showed the imaginary beast within a shield, and was attached to a document dated 1194. The name ''Pomerania'' comes from Slavic ''po more'', which means " andalong the sea".

Origins and branches

The origins of the Griffins are not clear. Most theories derive them from either local Slavic nobility or a

cadet A cadet is an officer trainee or candidate. The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries which can include youths in ...

branch of the Polish house of Piasts. Medieval Polish chronicler Jan Długosz connected them with

Polish noble The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...

family of Świebodzice from the south province of Poland named the Lesser Poland, who also used a

as their coat-of-arms and who in turn might also have been a cadet branch of the Piasts. At any rate, chronicler Gallus Anonymus in his '' Gesta principum Polonorum'' calls the Griffins "close cousins" of then-contemporary Bolesław III of Poland, directly implying a close dynastic relationship with the Piasts. In the 17th century, the Griffins derived their roots from legendary beings from Sorb mythology called ''Gryphus'' or ''Baltus''.M. L. Wójcik, Ród Gryfitów do końca XIII wieku. Pochodzenie — genealogia — rozsiedlenie riffin Dynasty Till the End of the 13th Century. Roots – Genealogy – Location Historia CVII, Wrocław 1993 The first known members of the Griffins were the brothers Wartislaw I and

Ratibor I Ratibor or Ratiboř may refer to: People *Ratibor (Polabian prince) (died 1043), a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from the Polabian tribe *Ratibor I, Duke of Pomerania (1124–1156), duke of the House of Pomerania (Griffins) *Ratibor II, Duke o ...

. Wartislaw would be the ancestor of the line of dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania until 1630; Ratibor would be the ancestor of the Ratiborides branch of the Griffins, that was to rule the

lands of Schlawe and Stolp The Schlawe and Stolp Land, also known as Słupsk and Sławno Land, is a historical region in Pomerania, centered on the towns of Sławno (''Schlawe'') and Słupsk (''Stolp'') in Farther Pomerania, in present-day Poland. The area is of some his ...

until the line became extinct and the area was incorporated in the Duchy of Pomerania. The first known member of the Swantiborides branch of the Griffins, notable as castellans of Pomeranian cities, was Wartislaw (II) Swantiboriz.

Family tree

Wartislaw I to Bogislaw IV and Otto I

# Wartislaw I († between 1134 and 1148) ##

Bogusław I Bogusław may refer to: *Bogusław (given name) * Bogusław, West Pomeranian Voivodeship * Bogusław, Lublin Voivodeship See also *Bogusławski (disambiguation) Boguslawski, Bogusławski, or Boguslawsky may refer to: * Bogusławski (surname) * B ...

(* about 1130; † 1187) ∞ (I) Walburgis († 1177), daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark;
(II) Anastasia, daughter of

Mieszko III Mieszko III the Old (c. 1126/27 – 13 March 1202), of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death. He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław I ...

of Poland and Eudoxia of Kiev ###(I) Ratibor (* 1160; † 1183) ∞ Salome, daughter of

of Poland and Eudoxia of Kiev ###(I) Wartislaw II. (* 1160; † 1184) ∞ Sophia, daughter of

Bolesław IV Boleslav or Bolesław may refer to: In people: * Boleslaw (given name) In geography: * Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Bolesław, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Bolesław, Silesian Voivodeship, ...

. of Poland ###(II) Bogislaw II. (* um 1177; † 1220) ∞ Miroslawa (†1233), Daughter of Mestwin I of Pomerelia and Swinislawa ####Woislawa († 1229) ####

Barnim I Barnim I the Good ( – 13 November 1278) from the Griffin dynasty was a Duke of Pomerania (''ducis Slauorum et Cassubie'') from 1220 until his death. Life Son of Duke Bogislaw II and Miroslava of Pomerelia, he succeeded to the Duchy of Pomeran ...

(* ca. 1217/19; † 1278) ∞ (I) Marianne, Daughter of

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and Helene of Denmark
(II) Margarete of Brunswick
(III) Mathilde (Mechthild) († 1316), Daughter of Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg and Beatrix of Böhmen #####(I) Anastasia (* 1245; † 1317) ∞ Henry I of Mecklenburg (1230–1302) #####(II)

Bogislaw IV Bogislaw IV (c. 125519 or 24 February 1309), of the House of Griffin, was Duke of Pomerania from 1278 until his death in 1309. Bogislaw was the eldest son of Duke Barnim I by his second wife, Margaretha, sometimes said to be a daughter of King ...

(*1258; † 1309) → Pomerania-Wolgast (''see section below'') #####(III) Barnim II (* about 1277; † 1295) #####(III) Otto I (* about 1279; † 1344) → Pomerania-Stettin (''see section below'') #####(III) Miroslawa († 1328) ∞ Nikolaus I of Schwerin #####(III) Beatrix († 1300 or 1315) ∞ Henry II of Werle #####(?) Dobroslawa ∞ Jaczo of Salzwedel ###(II) Casimir II (* c. 1180, † 1219) ∞ Ingardis of Denmark #### Wartislaw III(* c. 1210; † 1264) ∞ Sophia ####Elisabeth († 1222) ###(II) Dobroslawa (* before 1187, † c. 1226) ## Casimir I. (* after 1130; † 1180) ∞ Pritolawa #

(† 1156) →

Ratiborides The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty (german: Greifen; pl, Gryfici, da, Grif) was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century and had been take ...

#Swantibor → Swantiborides

Bogislaw IV to Bogislaw X (Pomerania-Wolgast, -Barth, and -Stolp)

(*1258; † 1309) ∞ (I) Mechthild († vor 1309), Daughter of John I of Brandenburg and Jutta of Saxony
(II) Margareta, (Daughter of Wizlaw II of Rügen and

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##(II)

Euphemia of Pomerania Euphemia of Pomerania (1285 – 26 July 1330) was Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Christopher II. She was the daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania, and his second spouse, Margarete of Rügen. Euphemia wed Christopher in 1300. The mar ...

(1289–1330) ∞ Christopher II of Denmark ##(II) Margareta (1287–1337) ∞ (I)

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(† 1314), (II) John of Ścinawa († 1365) ##(II)

Wartislaw IV Wartislaw IV or Vartislav IV (before 1290 – 1 August 1326) was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1309 until his death. He was the only son of Duke Bogislaw IV of Pomerania and his wife Margareta, a daughter of Vitslav II, Prince of Rügen. Vartis ...

(* before 1290; † 1326) ∞ Elisabeth of Lindau-Ruppin (?) ###

Bogislaw V Bogislaw V ( pl, Bogusław, la, Bogislaus) (c. 1318 – 23 April 1374), sometimes known as the Great ( pl, Bogusław V Wielki), was a Duke of Pomerania. Eldest son of Duke Wartislaw IV and Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin, Bogislaw had two brothe ...

-Stolp (* c. 1318; † 1373/74) ∞ (I) Elisabeth of Poland, daughter of

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and Aldona of Lithuania
(II)

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, daughter of Ernest I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and

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####(I) Casimir IV (* c. 1351; † 2.1.1377) ∞ (I) Johanna (Kenna) († 1368), daughter of Olgierd of Lithuania and

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(II) Margareta († 1409), daughter of Siemowit III of Masovia and

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####(I) Elisabeth of Pomerania (* 1347; † 15.2.1393) ∞

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####(I) Daughter 2 ####(II) Wartislaw VII (* 1363/64; † 1395) ∞

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, daughter of Henry III of Mecklenburg ##### Eric (Bogislaw) of Pomerania (* 1382; † 1459) ∞ Philippa, daughter of

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. ##### Catherine of Pomerania (* c. 1390; † 4.3.1426) ∞ John of Pfalz-Neumarkt ###### Christopher III of Denmark ####(II) Bogislaw VIII (* c. 1364; † 11.2.1418) ∞ Sophie of Holstein #####

Bogislaw IX Bogislav IX (german: Bogislaw IX., pl, Bogusław IX; 1407/1410 – 7 December 1446), commonly known in English as Bogislav IX, was a duke of Pomerania in Pomerania-Stolp, whose residence was Stargard. His first cousin Eric of Pomerania trie ...

(* 1407/10; † 7.12.1446) ∞

Maria of Masovia Maria of Masovia (pl: ''Maria mazowiecka''; 1408/15–14 February 1454) was a Duchess of Pomerania by marriage to Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania, and regent of Pomerania from 1446 to 1449. Life She was the sixth daughter of Siemowit IV, Duke of Ma ...

, daughter of Siemowit IV of Masovia and Alexandra of Lithuania ######Sophia (* c. 1435; † 24.8.1497) ∞ Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast ######Alexandra ####(II)

Barnim V Barnim V (1369–1402/1403) was one of the Dukes of Pomerania. He was the son of Bogislaw V. He ruled over parts of Pomerania-Stolp; first the territories near Stargard Szczeciński, and in his last years, 1402–1403, he co-ruled Pomerania-Stolp wi ...

(* 1369; † 1402/04) ####(II) Margareta ###

Barnim IV Barnim IV of Pomerania (1325 – 22 August 1365) was a Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen. Life He was the second son of Duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and the brother of Bogislaw V and Wartislaw V. He married Sophie of Werle (132 ...

(* 1325; † 22.8.1365) ∞ Sophie, daughter of John II of Werle #### Wartislaw VI (* c. 1345; † 1394) ∞ Anna, daughter of

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#####

Barnim VI 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 ...

(* c. 1365; † 1404) ∞ Veronica of Hohenzollern ######

Wartislaw IX Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast (c. 1400 – 17 April 1457, Wolgast) was the eldest son of the Duke Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania ( dynasty of Griffins) and Veronica of Hohenzollern, daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg. He re ...

(* um 1400; † 1457) ∞ Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg, daughter of Eric IV ####### Eric II. (* c. 1425; † 1474) ∞ Sophia († 1497), daughter

of Pomerania-Stolp ######## Bogislaw X (* 1454; † 1523) ######## Casimir VII. (VI.) (* c. 1455; † 1474) ########

Wartislaw XI Wartislaw (Polish Warcisław) is a Polish name. It may refer to: *Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania (c. 1091-1135) *Wartislaw II, Duke of Pomerania (1160-1184) *Wartislaw III, Duke of Pomerania (1210-1264) *Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania (before 1290 ...

(after 1465–1475) ########Barnim († 1474) ########Elisabeth, Priorin in Verchen abbey († 1516) ########Sophia, (* 1460, † 1504) ∞ Magnus II of Mecklenburg ########Margarete († 1526), married to Balthasar of Mecklenburg ######## Catherine (ca. 1465–1526), ∞ Duke Henry IV of Brunswick and Lunenburg (1463–1514),

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########Mary, Äbtissin of Wollin († 1512) #######

Wartislaw X Duke Wartislaw X of Pomerania (1435 – 17 December 1478) was the second son of Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania and his wife, Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg. Wartislaw married twice. On 5 March 1454, he married Elizabeth of Brandenburg, the widow ...

(* c. 1435; † 1478) ∞ (I)

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(† 1465), widow of Joachim of Pommern-Stettin, daughter of John of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
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, widow of Count

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########(I) Swantibor († 1464) ########(I) Ertmar († 1464) #######Elisabeth #######Christoph ###### Barnim VII (* um 1390; † 1450) ######Elisabeth, Äbtissin of Kammin ##### Wartislaw VIII ∞

Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg Agnes of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1435), was a Duchess consort of Pomerania by marriage to Wartislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania. (in German) Werner Buchholz (ed.), Deutsche Geschichte im Osten Europas. Pommern. Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-272 ...

, daughter of Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg ###### Barnim VIII. (* c. 1406, † 1451) ∞

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#######Agnes (1434–1512) ∞ (I) 1449

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Wartislaw V Wartislaw V. (c. 1 November 1326 – 1390) was a duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins. He initially ruled Pomerania-Wolgast jointly with his elder brothers Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania, Barnim IV and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania, Bog ...

##(II) Jutta (1290–1336), Äbtissin in Krummin abbey ##(II) Elisabeth (1291–1349) ∞ Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg

Otto I to Otto III (Pomerania-Stettin)

# Otto I (* c. 1279; † 1344) ∞ Elisabeth (*1281), daughter of

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and Ingeborg of Sweden ##

Barnim III Barnim III the Great (14 August 1368) was a Pomeranian duke from the Griffin dynasty. Life He ruled Pomerania-Stettin in the years 1344–1368, although he had been a co-regent of his father Otto I since 1320, taking a prominent part in the defenc ...

(before 1300; † 24.08.1368)Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, p.149, ∞ Agnes (1318–1371), daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg (Grubenhagen) ###Otto ### Casimir III (* before 1348; † 1372) ### Swantibor I (III) (* ca 1351; † 21.6.1413) ∞ Anna of Hohenzollern, daughter of

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(* 1425; † 1465), daughter of John of Brandenburg and Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg ######

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(* 29.5.1444; † 10.9.1464) ####Albrecht ####Margareta ### Bogislaw VII (*before 1355; † 1404) ##Mechthild († 1331) ∞ John III of Werle († 1352)

Bogislaw X to Bogislaw XIV

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and Margaret of Bavaria
(II)

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#####

(* 1580; † 1637) ∞ Elisabeth, daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen ##### Ulrich (* 1589; † 1622) ∞

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(† 1650) ##### Anna ∞

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###(I) Margaret (1518–1569) ∞ Ernest III of Brunswick-Grubenhagen ###(II) Georgia (* 1531; † 1574) ∞

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Count of Latochin ## Anna (* 1492, † 1550) ∞ George I of Silesia of Silesia-Liegnitz ##Barnim (* before 1501, † before 1501) ## Barnim IX (* 1501, † 1573) ##Elisabeth († before 1518) ##Otto (* before 1503, † before 1518) ## Casimir VIII (* 1494, † 1518) ##Christopher; probably an illegitimate son, as Junker Christopher, Tochof of Schwerin

Branches

Ratiborides

Members of the Ratiborides (Ratiboriden) branch were most probably descendants of

, a brother of Wartislaw I.Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, p.38, #

##Bogislaw, ∞ (I) N.N.; (II) a daughter of Mieszko III of Poland ###(I) Bogislaw (III), ∞ another daughter of Mieszko III of Poland ###(II ?) Ratibor II (either half-brother of Bogislaw III or cousin)

Swantiborides

The Swantiborides (Swantiboriden) were related to the Griffins, but the link remains unclear. Probably they descend from Swantibor, a Pomeranian duke overthrown in a rebellion and expelled to Poland in 1105/06. This Swantibor might have been a cousin of Swantopolk, a Pomeranian duke defeated by Boleslaw III of Poland in a campaign of 1111/12. Yet, these assumptions all remain speculative. # Wartislaw (II) Swantiboriz (↑ 1196), Castellan of Stettin (

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

) ∞ unknown wife ##Bartholomäus († 1219), Castellan of Gützkow ∞ unknown wife ###Wartislaw (* 1175/80, ↑ 1233), Castellan of Stettin, Herr von Gützkow 1219 ∞ Dobroslawa, widow of Boleslaw of Poland Prince of Kujavia, daughter of Bogislaw I ####Bartholomäus (+ 1206/10, ↑ 1259/60) ##Wartislaw (↑ 1230/32), Castellan of Stettin ##Konrad (↑ 1233), Canon at Kammin Cathedral 1176/1186, provost 1186/1189 and 1208, Bishop of Kammin 1219 ##Casimir (↑ 1219), Castellan of Kolberg (

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg ( ; csb, Kòlbrzég; german: Kolberg, ), ; csb, Kòlbrzég , is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast o ...

) ∞ unknown wife ###Swietoslawa / Swiatochna (↑ after 1217) ###Swantibor (* 1219, ↑ 1244) ∞ unknown wife ####Casimir (↑1277/1280), Castellan of Kolberg ∞ Miroslawa, who secondly married

Johann Ramel Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

, Castellan of Kolberg and Pomeranian counsellor 1265/1297. ###daughter 3 ∞ Czyrnek, Castellan of Kolberg

Griffins Kings and Queens

Eric the Pomeranian of Denmark, Norway & Sweden statue 2010 Darłowo

# Eric of Pomerania, son of Wartislaw VII, was King of Norway (1389–1442), elected King of Denmark (1396–1439), and of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

(1396–1439). He was the first king of the Nordic

. #

, daughter of Bogislaw IV, married Christopher II of Denmark and became queen of Denmark. # Elizabeth of Pomerania, daughter of

, was the fourth and last wife of

and king of Bohemia. Her daughter

Anne of Bohemia Anne of Bohemia (11 May 1366 – 7 June 1394), also known as Anne of Luxembourg, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the eldest daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and ...

, of Luxembourg and of Pomerania became Queen of England as a wife of King Richard II of England. She was known as "Good Queen Anne". # Sophie of Pomerania, daughter of Bogislaw X, married King Frederick I of Denmark and became Queen of Denmark and Norway.

Sources

*Edward Rymar: Rodowód książąt pomorskich, Szczecin 1995. * Martin Wehrmann: ''Genealogie des pommerschen Fürstenhauses.'' Veröffentlichungen the landesgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle für Pommern, Reihe 1, Bd. 5. Leon Saunier, Stettin 1937. * Martin Wehrmann: ''Geschichte von Pommern''. Weltbild Verlag 1992, Reprint der Ausgaben von 1919 und 1921, *Udo Madsen
Die Greifen - Das herzogliche Geschlecht von Pommern

Notes

References

External links

*http://www.genemaas.net/Pommern.htm
Rulers of PomeraniaGreifen, Herzöge von Pommern
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pomerania Noble families of the Holy Roman Empire German noble families Polish noble families Kingdom of Poland