Casimir III (Pomerania)

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Casimir III (IV.), From the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny , 1598.

Casimir III , according to another count Casimir IV. (* around 1351 ; † August 24, 1372 in Königsberg in the Neumark ) was a Duke of Pomerania-Stettin from the Greifenhaus .

Life and accomplishments

Casimir III was a son of Duke Barnim III. the founder of the church (around 1303–1368) who ruled in the Pomeranian partial duchy of Pomerania-Stettin . After the death of Barnim III. in 1368 his three surviving sons, in addition to Casimir III. his younger brothers Swantibor III. and Bogislaw VII , jointly ruled Pomerania-Stettin.

When they came to power, there was war between Denmark under King Waldemar IV (around 1321-1375) on the one hand and the Hanseatic League and its allies, especially Duke Albrecht II of Mecklenburg, on the other ( Second Waldemark War ). While the late Duke Barnim III. had stepped on the side of Denmark, his three sons made peace on November 7, 1368 with Duke Albrecht II of Mecklenburg and were neutral towards Denmark. But by doing this they already came into opposition to Margrave Otto the Lazy of Brandenburg, who was on Denmark's side.

In the following years there were therefore armed conflicts with Brandenburg. First of all, there was a war over possession of the Uckermark , which went well for the Dukes of Szczecin and ended in 1369 with an armistice. In May 1371 King Waldemar IV came to Pomerania and brokered a peace agreement with Margrave Otto that was favorable to the Dukes of Szczecin (July 20, 1371).

As early as 1372 the war between the Szczecin dukes and Margrave Otto flared up again. During the storming of Königsberg in Neumark , Duke Casimir III fell. in August 1372 at the age of about 21 years; he had already climbed the enemy city wall when he was struck by an arrow.

After Kasimir's death, his younger brothers Swantibor III. and Bogislaw VII continued to rule together in Pomerania-Stettin. In November 1372 they made another peace with Margrave Otto, who confirmed the result of the previous peace agreement.

count

The counting of the rulers of the Griffin House has always been involved. There has been an inequality here from age that causes some confusion. The more modern census than Casimir III. results if one only counts the members of the closer Greifenhaus. If, however, one counts Casimir († before 1281) from the sideline of the Swantiboriden as Casimir III. with, the result is the count as Casimir IV , which was common in the older literature.

See also

literature

  • Klaus Conrad: Ducal weakness and urban power in the second half of the 14th and 15th centuries. In: Werner Buchholz (ed.): German history in Eastern Europe. Pomerania . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-272-8 , pp. 127-202.
  • Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania. Volume 1. 2nd edition. Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha 1919. (Reprint: Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-89350-112-6 )

Footnotes

  1. ^ Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung Verlag, Stettin 1937, p. 15.
personal data
SURNAME Casimir III
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casimir IV
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Pomerania-Szczecin
DATE OF BIRTH around 1351
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1372
Place of death Koenigsberg in the Neumark