Jaromar III (died 1282) was the younger son of Prince Jaromar II of Rügen and his wife Euphemia. He served as regent of the

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during the many absences of his older brother, Vitslav II.Wesley Thomas and Barbara Seagrave, ''The Songs of the Minnesinger, Prince Wizlaw Of Rügen'' (University of North Carolina Press, 1967), p. 6. In 1268, he issued a charter as prince to Neuenkamp Abbey. Jaromar acted as regent when his brother went on a crusade to Livonia in 1282. In this capacity, he issued a privilege of confirmation to

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on 6 July 1282. Vitslav intended to carve out a principality for his brother in the east to serve as a bulwark against the

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, but Jaromar died later that year before the plan came to fruition.Rossignol, "The Charters", p. 167.

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