Barnim IX. (Pomerania)

Duke Barnim IX. from Pomerania-Stettin, oil painting from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Duke Barnim IX. from Pomerania-Stettin, detail from the Croy carpet

Barnim IX. with his wife Anna von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, from the picture family tree of the griffins by Cornelius Krommeny (1598).

Seal of Duke Barnim XI (IX) 1524 - redrawn from Theodor Pyl's Pomeranian Historical Monuments , 1894

Barnim IX. (* December 2, 1501 ; † November 2, 1573 in the Oderburg near Stettin ; according to another count Barnim XI. ) Was Duke of Pomerania-Stettin . He ruled initially from 1523 to 1531 together with his brother George I , then alone. During his reign, the Dukes of Pomerania finally secured their imperial immediacy and joined the Reformation in 1534 .

Life

Born as the son of Bogislaw X. and his second wife Anna , a daughter of the Polish King Casimir IV. , He studied at the University of Wittenberg , the place of activity of the reformer Martin Luther , where he became honorary rector.

After the death of his father in 1523 he and his brother Georg took over the government in the Duchy of Pomerania . In order to defend against claims from Brandenburg , which Pomerania viewed as his after-fief , Barnim married Anna von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1502–1568), daughter of Heinrich I , on February 2, 1525 , and concluded a protective alliance with the House of Welfs . The brothers were able to settle the long dispute with Brandenburg in 1529 with Elector Joachim I in the Treaty of Grimnitz , whereby they received Pomerania as an imperial fief at the Reichstag in Augsburg on June 26, 1530. Georg married Margareta von Brandenburg , a daughter of Joachim. The brothers gradually fell apart. When Philip I , George's son, took the place of his father, the dukes decided on October 21, 1532 to divide the country into Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin, which was initially limited. Barnim received Pomerania-Stettin. The dukes shared the diocese of Cammin .

As a young student, Barnim had become a supporter of the Reformation, which was also making progress in the country itself. In 1534 the dukes appointed Johannes Bugenhagen to the state parliament in Treptow a. R. , where under his leadership the Reformation in Pomerania was decided and initiated. The resulting monastery and church property were divided by the dukes, and in 1543 the ducal pedagogy was established in Stettin .

Since a rapprochement with the evangelical side had taken place, the dukes joined the Schmalkaldic League in April 1536 . After its defeat in the War of Schmalkalden they came in an awkward position as they, but opponents of the emperor, although no veterans Charles V had been. By paying a fine, they were able to prevent sanctions. After Philip's death, Barnim continued to run official business in Pomerania-Wolgast until his son came of age. Since he had no male descendants, he transferred the Jasenitz inheritance contract to Johann Friedrich on February 3, 1569, the government in Stettin and Ernst Ludwig the government in Wolgast, whereby the underage nephew Kasimir was granted an entitlement to the bishopric in Cammin, which one was already granted had tied to the ducal family.

Barnim retired to the Oderburg near Stettin, which he had expanded , where he died four years later. He found his grave in St. Mary's Church in Szczecin . After its demolition it was moved to the castle church .

children

Marie (1527–1554), ∞ on July 16, 1544 with Otto IV. Count von Schauenburg-Pinneberg
Dorothea (1528–1558), ∞ July 8, 1554 with Johann I. Graf von Mansfeld-Hinterort
Anna (1531–1592), ∞ on May 16, 1557 with Karl von Anhalt , from August 25, 1566 ∞ with Heinrich VI. von Plauen and from September 23, 1576 with Jobst III. Count of Barby-Mühlingen
Sibylla (1541–1564)
Bogislaw (XII.) (Around August 27, 1542 - before September 15, 1542)

ancestors

Wartislaw IX. from Pommern-Wolgast (1400–1457)

Eric II of Pomerania (1425–1474)

Sophia of Saxony-Lauenburg

Bogislaw X. of Pomerania (1454–1523)

Bogislaw IX. from Pommern-Stolp (1407–1446)

Sophia von Pommern-Stolp

Mary of Mazovia

Barnim IX. of Pomerania (1501–1573)

Władysław II Jagiełło (1348–1434)

Casimir IV Jagiełło (1427–1492)

Sophie Holszańska (1405–1461)

Anna Jagiellonica (1476–1503)

Albrecht II of Habsburg (1397–1439)

Elisabeth von Habsburg (1437–1505)

Elisabeth of Luxembourg (1409–1442)

literature

Gottfried von Bülow : Barnim XI. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, pp. 79-82.
Ursula Scheil: Barnim IX .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 595 f. ( Digitized version ).
Roderich Schmidt : Grasping. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , pp. 29-33 ( digitized version ). (Here p. 31f. In the family article)

Web links

Commons : Barnim IX. from Pomerania - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

www.ruegenwalde.com

Individual proof

^ According to Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme : The folk tales of Pomerania and Rügen. Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1840, pp. 86–87. The Oderburg was demolished in the 18th century when the fortress Stettin was expanded.

personal data
SURNAME	Barnim IX.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barnim XI.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Pomerania-Szczecin
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1501
DATE OF DEATH	November 2, 1573
Place of death	Szczecin

[1] According to Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme : The folk tales of Pomerania and Rügen. Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1840, pp. 86–87. The Oderburg was demolished in the 18th century when the fortress Stettin was expanded.