Ulrich of Pomerania

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Ulrich von Pomerania (wrongly called Casimir IX.)

Ulrich von Pommern (born August 12, 1589 in Barth ; † October 31, 1622 in Pribbernow ) was Protestant Bishop of Cammin and non-ruling Duke of Pomerania .

Life and accomplishments

Reichstaler on the death of Duke Ulrich of Pomerania, 1622
Coffins of the Pomeranian dukes Franz and Ulrich

Ulrich was the youngest son of the Pomeranian Duke Bogislaw XIII. (1544–1606) from the family of the griffins . In April 1602 he matriculated to study at the University of Rostock . After the death of their father, Ulrich and his brothers agreed to divide the inheritance. According to the agreement of October 1, 1606, the eldest, Philip II (1573–1618), became the ruling Duke of Pomerania-Stettin . Franz (1577-1620) remained Protestant Bishop of Cammin . Bogislaw XIV. (1580–1637) and Georg II. (1582–1617) jointly received the office of Rügenwalde . Ultimately, Ulrich, the youngest, only received an annual pension. After the death of Philip II in 1618, Franz followed him into the government of the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin and gave up the diocese of Cammin.

In 1618 Ulrich received the office of Protestant Bishop of Cammin. Like Franz before, Ulrich also resided in Köslin . Ulrich died on October 31, 1622. He was buried in the castle church in Stettin .

Ulrich married Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1595–1650) in Wolfenbüttel in 1619 . The marriage remained childless. After Ulrich's death, Duchess Hedwig resided as a widow in Neustettin . There she founded a grammar school in 1640, which was later named after her Fürstin-Hedwig-Gymnasium .

The historian Martin Wehrmann (1861–1937) describes Ulrich as a “fresh, young man who had held court with his wife in Köslin in amiable cheerfulness”.

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Web links

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Footnotes

  1. See the entry of the matriculation of Vldaricus dux Stetini, Pomeraniae, Cassubiorum et Vandalorum, princeps Rugiae, comes Caycorum in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania. Volume 2. 2nd edition. Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha 1921, p. 112.