Bogislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania ( – 7 March 1393) was duke of
Pomerania-Wolgast The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz, was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Wolgast. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.Edward Rymar, ''Rod ...
.
In 1365, after the death of his father,
Barnim IV, he ruled Pomerania jointly with his brother
Wartislaw VI. As they were both minors, they stood under the guardianship of their uncle
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 ...
, who died in 1374. After some disputes, Pomerania was divided for a three-year period by a treaty signed on 25 May 1368 in Anklam. Bogislaw V received the area east of the
Swine river, and the brothers received the area west of the Swine.
Around this time the brothers began raiding the territory of
Albert of Sweden
Albert (german: Albrecht, sv, Albrekt av Mecklenburg; c. 1338 – 1 April 1412) was King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1384 to 1412.
Background
He was the second son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and ...
. This lasted until Wartislav VI and some of his knights were captured at
Damgarten
Ribnitz-Damgarten () is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, situated on Lake Ribnitz (''Ribnitzer See''). Ribnitz-Damgarten is in the west of the district Vorpommern-Rügen.
The border between the historical regions of Mecklenburg and P ...
on 10 November 1368. Bogislaw Vi had to pay 1300 Marks to buy his brother free.
Shortly before his death in 1390, Bogislaw founded the village of
Ahrenshoop
Ahrenshoop is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula of the Baltic Sea. It used to be a small fishing village, but is today known for its tourism and as a holi ...
as a port on the Loop and secured it with a castle. However, the settlement was destroyed in 1395 by troops from
Rostock
Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...
, and the harbor filled in.
Bogislaw died in 1393. Since he had no male offspring, his inheritance passed to his brother.
Marriage and issue
Bogislaw VI's first marriage was with Jutta of Saxe-Lauenburg, a daughter of Duke
Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg. Duchess Jutta died in 1388; the marriage remained childless.
In 1389, Bogislaw VI married his second wife,
Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of Duke
Magnus II of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Duke Bogislaw and Agnes had two daughters:
*Agnes, who was engaged to be married with
Balthasar of Werle
Balthasar, Lord of Werle-Güstrow (c. 1375 – 5 April 1421) was Lord of Werle-Güstrow from 1393 or 1394 to 1421 and Prince of Wenden from 1418. He was the eldest son of Lorenz of Werle and Matilda of Werle-Goldberg (d. before 17 December ...
, but they probably never actually married
*
Sophia (died: ), who married firstly Duke
Eric I of Mecklenburg (d. 1397) and secondly
Nicholas V of Werle
Lord Nicholas V of Werle Goldberg and -Waren(between 1341 and 1385 – after 21 January 1408) was Lord of Werle-Goldberg and Werle-Waren from 1385 (or 1395) until 1408. He was the son of John VI of Werle and Agnes, the daughter of Nicholas IV ...
.
After Bogislaw's death, his widow Agnes married in 1396 Duke
Albert III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
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
...
References and sources
*
*Martin Wehrmann: ''Genealogie des pommerschen Herzogshauses'', in: ''Veröffentlichungen der landesgeschichtlichen Forschungsstelle für Pommern'', series 1, vol. 5, Leon Saunier, Stettin, 1937, pp. 88–89, 96–97.
External links
Entry at www.ruegenwalde.com
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House of Griffins
Dukes of Pomerania
14th-century German nobility
Year of birth uncertain
1350s births
1393 deaths