Bogislaw IX. (Pomerania)

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Bogislaw IX. with his wife Maria von Mazowien, from the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny , 1598.

Bogislaw IX. (* around 1407/1410; † December 7, 1446 ) was Duke of Pomerania -Wolgast-Stolp. His cousin Erich von Pommern tried in vain to enforce him as heir to the throne in the Nordic empires of the Kalmar Union .

Life

Bogislaw IX. was the son of Bogislaw VIII, who ruled in the Pomeranian partial duchy of Pommern-Wolgast-Stolp, and his wife Sophie von Holstein . After Bogislaw VIII died in 1418, Duchess Sophie led the government for the young Bogislaw IX until around 1425.

The young duke and his mother initially occupied themselves with the Camminer diocese dispute that had begun under Bogislaw VIII . In this context, both were banned , in 1434 imposed Emperor Sigismund over both the imperial ban . The dispute was settled through the mediation of her powerful relative Erich von Pommern , who had been crowned king of the northern kingdoms in 1397. Erich brokered a contract in which the election of bishops in the diocese of Cammin was regulated with a right of confirmation for the Pomeranian dukes and the dukes' umbrella bailiwick was established through the pen. At the same time, the diocese tacitly dropped its claims to imperial immediacy . Bishop Siegfried II von Buch , who had previously been Erich's chancellor, acted for the diocese of Cammin .

In Bogislaw's reign, the threat from the Hussites and the appearance of Waldensian heretics also fell in 1432/1438 .

The childless King Erich tried to get his cousin Duke Bogislaw IX. as his successor in the Nordic realms. He gave him several castles, the island of Funen and probably also the island of Zealand . However, the Danish Imperial Council refused to approve this succession in 1436 and instead called Christoph von der Pfalz into the country in 1438 . When the Reichsrat even deposed King Erich in 1439 and elected Christoph king in 1440, Bogislaw's prospects for the throne were destroyed.

Bogislaw IX died on December 7, 1446. after a long illness and was buried in the Marienkron monastery. Since Bogislaw had no sons, his widow Maria von Masowien took over the government of Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp after his death , then the dethroned King Erich, who had returned to Pomerania in 1449.

Marriage and offspring

King Erich tried to have a daughter of the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło as the wife of Duke Bogislaw IX. to win. This did not succeed, but married Bogislaw IX. finally in 1432 in Posen Maria of Mazovia, a daughter of Duke Ziemowit IV. of Mazovia and Alexandra of Lithuania , a sister of the Polish king.

The marriage resulted in two daughters: Sophia (* around 1434; † 1497) married her relatives, Duke Erich II, who ruled Western Pomerania . Alexandra died in 1451, probably at a young age.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Martin Wehrmann : The Duchess Sophia of Pomerania and her son Bogislaw X. In: Baltic studies . New series vol. 5. Léon Saunier, Stettin 1901, p. 136 f.
personal data
SURNAME Bogislaw IX.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Pomerania-Stolp
DATE OF BIRTH around 1410
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1446