Sambor II of Tczew ( pl, Sambor II Tczewski; c. 1211/1212 – December 1277 or 1278) was a
duke of Pomerania
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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and prince of
Lubiszewo Tczewskie
Lubiszewo Tczewskie (german: Liebschau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tczew, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Tczew and south of the regional capital ...
.
Sambor was a son of
Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania
Mestwin I ( pl, Mściwoj I gdański or , csb, Mscëwòj I; c. 1160 – 1/2 May 1219 or 1220) was Prince of Pomerelia (styled himself as ''princeps Pomoranorum'') from about 1205 until his death.
Mestwin was a member of the Samborides dyna ...
, and member of the
Samborides
The Samborides () or House of Sobiesław () were a ruling dynasty in the historic region of Pomerelia. They were first documented about 1155 as governors (''princeps'') in the Eastern Pomeranian lands serving the royal Piast dynasty of Poland ...
. He was married to Matilda, daughter of
Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg. His daughter,
Margaret Sambiria
Margaret Sambiria (in Danish: ''Margrethe Sambiria'', ''Sambirsdatter'' or ''Margrethe Sprænghest''; c. 1230 – December 1282) was Queen of Denmark by marriage to King Christopher I, and regent during the minority of her son, King Eric V fro ...
, became
Queen of Denmark
The monarchy of Denmark is a constitutional institution and a historic office of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom includes Denmark proper and the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The Kingdom of Denmark was a ...
in 1248 by marriage with
Christopher I of Denmark. Sambor's only son Subisław died in 1254. After that Sambor founded a new
Cistercian monastery, Samboria, located in present-day
Pelplin
Pelplin (; csb, Pôłplëno; formerly German also: ''Pelplin'') is a town in northern Poland, in the Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodship. Population: 8,320 (2009).
Pelplin is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in Pomerania. It is h ...
. However, he was excommunicated in March 1266 for failure to return lands to a
convent
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at
Oliwa
Oliwa ( la, Oliva; csb, Òlëwa; german: Oliva) is a northern district of the city of Gdańsk, Poland. From east it borders Przymorze and Żabianka, from the north Sopot and from the south with the districts of Strzyża, VII Dwór and Brętow ...
.
Sambor fought against his brother,
Swantopolk II (''Swietopelk''), and allied himself with the
Teutonic Order
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. Sambor willed most of his possessions, including
Gniew (Mewe), to the Teutonic Knights. This permanently established the Teutonic Knights on the left bank of the
Vistula
The Vistula (; pl, Wisła, ) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest river in Europe, at in length. The drainage basin, reaching into three other nations, covers , of which is in Poland.
The Vistula rises at Barania Góra in ...
River. Others, including his nephew
Mestwin II
Mestwin II ( pl, Mściwój II or ''Mszczuj II'') ( 1220 – December 25, 1294) was a Duke of Pomerelia, member of the Samborides dynasty. He ruled Pomerelia as a sole ruler from 1273 to 1294.
Early life
Mestwin II was the son of Swietopelk II an ...
, grandchildren and
Silesian dukes The Duke of Silesia was the sons and descendants of the Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. In accordance with the last will and testament of Bolesław, upon his death his lands were divided into four or five hereditary provinces distributed amon ...
Henry V, Duke of Legnica
Henry V the Fat (german: Heinrich V der Dicke, pl, Henryk V Brzuchaty) ( – 22 February 1296) was a Duke of Jawor (Jauer) from 1273, of Legnica (Liegnitz) from 1278, and Duke of Wrocław ( Breslau) from 1290.
He was the eldest son of Bo ...
and
Bolesław the Pious, and son-in-law
Ziemomysł of Kuyavia Ziemomysł of Inowrocław ( pl, Ziemomysł inowrocławski; c. 1245 – October/24 December 1287), was a Polish prince, member of the House of Piast, duke of Inowrocław during 1267-1271 and 1278–1287, and ruler over Bydgoszcz during 1267-1269 ...
disputed the will.
See also
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Sambor I, Duke of Pomerania
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 of the ...
References
External links
Biography of Sambor IIin
Polski słownik biograficzny
''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...
1210s births
1270s deaths
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
Dukes of Pomerania
13th-century German nobility
Samborides
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