Casimir V (Pomerania)

This article deals with the Duke who lived after 1380 to 1435 and ruled in Pomerania-Stettin; on the Duke of Pommern-Stolp (~ 1345–1377) who lived earlier and was often also referred to as Casimir V , see Casimir IV. (Pomerania)

Casimir V. , according to another count Casimir VI. (* after 1380 ; † April 13, 1435 ) was a Duke of Pomerania from the Greifenhaus . He ruled in Pomerania-Stettin from 1413 together with his brother Otto II , from 1428 alone.

Life

Casimir V was the youngest son of Duke Swantibor I (III.) (* 1351; † 1413), who ruled in Pomerania-Stettin. Kasimir's older brothers were Otto II (* around 1380; † 1428) and Albrecht († before 1412).

His father let him take part in the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) as leader of a Pomeranian contingent on the part of the Teutonic Order. The battle ended in the Order's defeat; Casimir was captured by the Polish victors, but soon released. In the Battle of Kremmer Damm (1412) , Casimir V and his older brother Otto II fought against Brandenburg.

After the death of Duke Swantibor I in 1413, Casimir V and his older brother Otto II jointly took over the rule in Pomerania-Stettin. The fighting with Brandenburg continued. In 1415, Frederick obtained the imperial ban against Otto II and Casimir V from King Sigismund for some time . Brandenburg called the imperial immediacy of Pomerania into question. Initially, King Sigismund only granted Otto II and Casimir V a mortgage in 1417, which was subject to the rights of Brandenburg. Casimir V was then able to obtain an unrestricted loan for himself and his brother in 1424 by visiting King Sigismund in Ofen in Hungary.

After Otto II died childless in 1428, Casimir V continued to rule Pomerania-Stettin alone. He suppressed a riot in the city of Szczecin . He had the ringleaders executed, the city had to pay a heavy fine and left the Hansa . Duke Casimir V died in 1435 and was buried in the Ottenkirche in Stettin. His son Joachim the Younger followed him into the government of Pomerania-Stettin .

Marriage and offspring

Duke Casimir V was married twice. His first wife was Katharina, the daughter of Duke Bernhard I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. From this marriage:

• Joachim the Elder († before 1424)
• Joachim the Younger (* after 1424; † 1451)
• Anna († after 1447), ∞ Johann V. von Mecklenburg-Schwerin

After Katharina's death, he married Elisabeth , daughter of Duke Erich I of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen. From this marriage comes:

• Margaretha (* around 1439), ∞ Count Albrecht III. by Lindow-Ruppin

After Duke Kasimir's death, his widow Elisabeth became Abbess of Gandersheim .

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 V results if one only counts the members of the narrower Greifenhaus. If, on the other hand, one counts a Casimir from the sideline of the Swantiboriden , the count is Casimir VI. which was common in the older literature.

See also

• Tribe list of griffins
• List of the Dukes of Pomerania

literature

• Gottfried von Bülow :  Otto II. And Casimir VI. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 785-787.
• Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung Verlag, Stettin 1937, pp. 70–71.
• Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha 1921. (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.