Barnim IV of Pomerania (1325 – 22 August 1365) was a
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...
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 {{Infobox country
, native_name = ''Herrschaft Werle'' (Standard German, de)
, conventional_long_name = Lordship of Werle
, common_name = Werle
, era = Middle Ages
, status = Vassal
, em ...
(1329–1364), the daughter of
John II of Werle. They had two sons,
Wartislaw VI and
Bogislaw VI, and a daughter, Elisabeth, who married Duke
Magnus I of Mecklenburg.
He inherited Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen when his father died in 1326. He was one year old at the time. He shared a guardian with his brother
Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen.
Emperor
Charles IV granted Barnim IV
Imperial immediacy
In the Holy Roman Empire, imperial immediacy ( or ) was the status of an individual or a territory which was defined as 'immediate' () to Emperor and Empire () and not to any other intermediate authorities, while one that did not possess that stat ...
in 1348.
Ancestors
External links
Genealogy mittelalter.de
Pomeranian nobility
14th-century German nobility
1325 births
1365 deaths
Dukes of Pomerania
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