Mestwin I ( pl, Mściwoj I gdański or , csb, Mscëwòj I; c. 1160 – 1/2 May 1219 or 1220) was Prince of
Pomerelia
Pomerelia,, la, Pomerellia, Pomerania, pl, Pomerelia (rarely used) also known as Eastern Pomerania,, csb, Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô Vistula Pomerania, prior to World War II also known as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pome ...
(styled himself as ''princeps Pomoranorum'') from about 1205 until his death.
Mestwin was a member of the
Samborides dynasty, the son of Duke
Sobiesław of Gdańsk and younger brother of
Sambor I
Sambor I, ''princeps Pomoranorum'' ( csb, Sambór I) (c. 1150 – c. 1207) was regentLoew PO: Danzig. Biographie einer Stadt, Munich 2011, p. 32: "Sambor ..styled himself 'princeps Pomoranorum,' .. but not 'dux,' which was the privilege o ...
, whom he succeeded in
Pomerelia
Pomerelia,, la, Pomerellia, Pomerania, pl, Pomerelia (rarely used) also known as Eastern Pomerania,, csb, Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô Vistula Pomerania, prior to World War II also known as Polish Pomerania, is a historical sub-region of Pome ...
. In the tables of
Oliwa Abbey, outside Danzig, he is recorded as ''pacificus'' ("the Peaceful").
As Mestwin I, ''dei gracia princeps in
Gdanzk'', he had founded a convent of nuns (probably the
Premonstratensian
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abbey of
Żukowo
Żukowo ( csb, Żukòwò, german: Zuckau, la, Sucovia) is a town in the Kartuzy County, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland, in the geographical region of Kashubia, with 6,236 inhabitants (2005). It is located along the Radunia ri ...
), the castellany of
Białogarda at the border with the Pomeranian
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 ...
on the
Łeba river
Łeba (pronounced: , Kashubian, Pomeranian and German: ''Leba'') is a seaside town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is located in the Pomerelia sub-region, near Łebsko Lake and the mouth of the river Łeba on the coast of th ...
, and several villages between the rivers
Radunia and
Słupia
Słupia () is a river in north-western Poland, a tributary of the Baltic Sea, with a length of 138 kilometres and the basin area of 1,623 km².
Towns:
* Słupsk
* Ustka
See also: Rivers of Poland, List of rivers of Europe
This articl ...
. After King
Valdemar II of Denmark had conquered the southern coast of the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
with ''Gdanzk'' during a
crusade
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ...
against the
Old Prussians, Duke Mestwin in 1210 had to accept
Danish
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
overlordship, but was able to free himself again the next year.
He was married to Swinisława (d. 1240), formerly referred to as a daughter of Duke
Ratibor I of Pomerania. They had eight children:
#
Hedwig, married Duke
Władysław Odonic
Władysław Odonic, nicknamed Plwacz or the Spitter, ( – 5 June 1239) was a duke of Kalisz 1207–1217, duke of Poznań 1216–1217, ruler of Ujście in 1223, ruler of Nakło from 1225, and duke of all Greater Poland 1229–1234; from 1234 unti ...
of
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...
#
Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania, succeeded his father as Duke of Pomerelia, from 1227 of Pomerelia-Gdańsk
#
Mirosława, married
Bogislaw II, Duke of
Pomerania
Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...
at
Stettin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...
# Witosława, prioress of Żukowo Abbey
# Warcisław, Duke at
Świecie from 1227
#
Sambor II
Sambor II of Tczew ( pl, Sambor II Tczewski; c. 1211/1212 – December 1277 or 1278) was a duke of Pomerania and prince of Lubiszewo Tczewskie.
Sambor was a son of Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania, and member of the Samborides. He was married to ...
, Duke at
Lubiszewo from 1233
# Ratibor, Duke at Białogard from 1233
# Milosława, nun at Żukowo Abbey
See also
*
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
...
*
Pomerania during the High Middle Ages
References
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:;General:
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Literature
* Theodor Hirsch, Max Töppen, Ernst Gottfried Wilhelm Strehlke:
Scriptores Rerum Prussicarum:
Die Geschichtsquellen der preussischen Vorzeit '
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1220 deaths
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