Zemuzil

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Zemuzil (Siemomysł) is the first named Duke of the Pomerania .

existence

Zemuzil is mentioned for the year 1046 in the annals of Niederaltaich , which are considered reliable . Nothing is known about the further fate of this ruler.

The naming has the following background: King Heinrich III. has regulated the situation in the east of the empire since he took office in 1039. In 1046 he then invited some Slav princes to Merseburg. Among those named for June 24, 1046 is a "Zemuzil Bomeraniorum" He is mentioned in a series with Duke Břetislav I of Bohemia and Casimir of Poland, who is known to have been Duke of Poland at the time.

On June 29, 1046, Heinrich III. a peace agreement with them in Meissen.

interpretation

Since further evidence is missing, no more detailed statements can be made about the location of Zemuzil's dominion, life dates and genealogical connections. In particular, a possible genealogical connection to the later attested rulers of the Griffins and the Samborids is not documented.

Since, on the one hand, Duke Casimir is not expressly referred to as dux (duke) in the text passage and, on the other hand, the duces (dukes) are mentioned in a subsequent line , it is assumed that all three persons were dukes. From being named in a row with the Dukes of Bohemia and Poland, it is concluded that Zemuzil was probably equal to them in rank and power, i.e. not a less important Pomeranian part prince.

In Polish history, Zemuzil is also called "Siemomysł".

literature

  • Roderich Schmidt : The beginnings of Pomeranian history as reflected in written tradition . In: A thousand years of Pomeranian history . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-412-13397-3 , pp. 1-17. Reprinted in: Roderich Schmidt: The historic Pomerania . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-27805-2 , pp. 49-61.
  • Werner Buchholz (Hrsg.): German history in Eastern Europe. Pomerania . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-272-8 , pp. 23-25.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Heinrich Pertz : Monumenta Germaniae historica . Hanover 1868, p. 47 .