Casimir I (Pomerania)

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Seal of Duke Casimir I 1170 - redrawing by FA Vossberg 1854

Casimir I , also Casimir I , (* after 1130; † Nov./Dec. 1180 ) was a Duke of Pomerania from the Greifenhaus .

Life

Casimir was a son of Duke Wartislaw I. After the death of his uncle Ratibor I. in 1155/56 he shared the rule with his older brother Bogislaw I.

After the defeat by Henry the Lion's troops in the battle of Verchen in 1164, he became his liege-man for his part-duchy (today's West Pomerania). Casimir received a third of the land of Wolgast under Danish sovereignty. In 1168 he took part with Bogislaw I on behalf of Heinrich in the conquest of Rügen by the Danes . During these years he should Circipania have purchased.

Casimir remained loyal to Heinrich and, at his behest, undertook three campaigns from 1178 to 1180 to Lausitz and the Jüterbog region , which were heavily devastated. In the possessions of the Nienburg Monastery in the Unterspreewald, for example, only seven of the former 50 villages still existed after the Pomeranian invasion. Jueterbog was conquered and cremated. To the north of Jüterbog, the Zinna monastery under construction was destroyed and its abbot slain. Presumably, Ascanian territory had also been devastated, because in late autumn 1180 the counter-attack took place and the Brandenburg Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg besieged Demmin Castle . Casimir I was probably killed in these battles. His death is also due to another source for Nov./Dec. Tested in 1180.

Casimir was the founder of the Broda (1170) and Belbuck (before 1180) monasteries, played a key role in the founding of the Dargun monastery (1172/74) and in 1176/80 granted the Pomeranian diocese, which had moved to Kammin , extensive privileges.

family

Casimir I was married, but the name of his wife is unknown.

In the older genealogy, Odolaw named in a document from 1187 was listed as the son of Casimir I, but probably wrongly. According to the contemporary historian Saxo Grammaticus (* around 1140, † around 1220), Casimir I died childless.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Casimir I of Pomerania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Peter Richter: On the power-political background and goals of the Pomeranian migrations from 1178 to 1180 to Lausitz and the Jüterbog region. Yearbook for the History of Feudalism, 11: 83–104, Berlin 1987.
  2. ↑ Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania. Volume 1. 2nd edition. Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha 1919, p. 87. (Reprint: Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-89350-112-6 )
  3. ^ Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung Verlag, Stettin 1937, p. 39.
personal data
SURNAME Casimir I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casimir I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH after 1130
DATE OF DEATH 1180