Casimir II (Pomerania)

Casimir II with his wife Ingardis, from the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny , 1598.

Casimir II. , Also Casimir II. (* Around 1180, † 1219 ) was a son of the Pomeranian Duke Bogislaw I and Anastasia, the daughter of Duke Mieszko III. from Poland.

Life

After the death of his father in 1187 he received the rule of Demmin , which his uncle, Duke Casimir I of Pomerania-Demmin until 1181, and then probably his older brother Wartislaw II († 1184) had led. Since he was still a minor, he was under the tutelage of his mother until 1194 and under the reign of Governor Wartislaw Swantiboricz of Stettin until 1189 . After they had tried unsuccessfully to free Pomerania from the Danish sovereignty , the Dowager Duchess Anastasia and her sons, Casimir II and his older brother Bogislaw II , had to attend the court of Knuts VI. of Denmark take the feudal oath. In addition, Prince Jaromar I of Rügen was appointed guardian of the underage dukes by the Danish king , who was then able to expand his domain to the middle Peene . Border disputes with the Dowager Duchess were settled after the decision of the Danish king, with Pomerania only the Wolgast, Lassan and Ziethen regions remained. Casimir II acted, as far as foreign policy was concerned, mostly in association with his older brother. For example, during the occupation of Pomerania by Margrave Otto II in 1198 and 1199 during the war between Denmark and Brandenburg, when the Pomeranian dukes were able to regain their dominion almost as far as Ryck. After the conquest of Pomerania in 1202 by Waldemar II of Denmark, Bogislaw II and Casimir II had to finally recognize the Danish fiefdom in 1216 and provide him with military support against the Brandenburgers. In 1216 a border adjustment was made between Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . In 1218 Casimir II and his brother confirmed to the Eldena monastery the donation of the lands that Prince Jaromar I had already donated to the monastery in 1199. They expressly emphasized that they actually belonged to them.

Casimir II probably died at the end of 1219. There is no evidence that he was on a journey to Palestine.

progeny

From the marriage with Ingardis († around 1236) of Denmark (∞ around 1210) emerged:

1. Wartislaw III.
2. Elisabeth

literature

• Gottfried von Bülow :  Bogislav I. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 40 f. (Article about his father)
• Adolf Häckermann :  Bogislav II. In: General German Biography (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 41 f. (Article about his brother)
• Joachim Wächter : The Principality of Rügen - An overview . In: Contributions to the history of Western Pomerania: the Demmin Colloquia 1985–1994 . Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 1997, ISBN 3-931185-11-7 .
• Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania . Volume 1, Weltbild Verlag 1992, reprint of the 1919 and 1921 editions, ISBN 3-89350-112-6 , pages 91-95.