Suatopolk

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Suatopolk , also Suantipolk , Swantopolk or Svantopolk , was a Duke of Pomerania at the beginning of the 12th century.

A contemporary tradition on Suatopolk comes from the chronicle of the Benedictine monk Gallus Anonymus († after 1116). This reports that Suatopolk by the Polish Duke Boleslaw III. Wrymouth , his relative, had been set in Nakel . However, after he opposite Duke Boleslaw III. did not keep the promised loyalty, he was subjected to 1111/1112 and had to take his son hostage. A little later the chronicle reports that in new battles the castle Nakel to Duke Boleslaw III. was handed over because the defenders of Suatopolk did not expect any help.

The chronicle also reports that a Pomeranian duke gave himself up to the Polish duke Boleslaw III in Kolberg as early as 1107/1108. had subjected. Perhaps this was already Suatopolk.

To 1119 the chronicle reports that Duke Boleslaw III. defeated two Pomeranian dukes at Nakel. It is not known whether Suatopolk was one of these two.

In the Krakow annals for the year 1122 a "Zuetopolc dux Odrenis" is mentioned. Possibly this also relates to this Suatopolk. The historian Adolf Hofmeister assumed this; the historian Roderich Schmidt , on the other hand, assumes two different dukes.

No further details are known about Duke Suatopolk. In particular, it is unknown how Duke Suatopolk was related to Duke Suatobor , mentioned a few years earlier in the Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus , and whether Duke Suatopolk was an ancestor of the Pomeranian ducal family of the Griffins , the brothers Wartislaw I († above 1148) and Ratibor I. († 1156) have come down to us.

literature

in order of appearance
  • Karl Gustav Fabricius : Studies on the history of the Wendish Baltic countries . Volume 2: The rule of the Dukes of Pomerania in Danzig and their outcome . Schneider, Berlin 1859, p. 12 ff .
  • Adolf Hofmeister : Genealogical investigations into the history of the Pomeranian ducal house. Greifswald Treatises on the History of the Middle Ages, Volume 11. University Publishing House Ratsbuchhandlung L. Bamberg, Greifswald 1938, pp. 7–21.
  • 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.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The historian Christian Friedrich Wutstrack used this form of name in: Brief historical-geographical-statistical description of the royal Prussian duchy of Vor and Hinter-Pommern . Leich, Stettin 1793, p. 32.
  2. ↑ Rudolf Benl uses this form of name in: Pommern until the division of 1368/72 . In: Werner Buchholz (ed.): German history in Eastern Europe. Pomerania . Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-272-8 , p. 38.
  3. ↑ Dirk Schleinert uses this form of name in: Pomeranian Dukes. Portrait of the griffins. Hinstorff, Rostock 2012, ISBN 978-3-356-01479-2 , p. 35.
personal data
SURNAME Suatopolk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swantopolk; Svantopolk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 12th Century