Wartislaw Swantiboricz

Wartislaw (II.) Swantiboriz, from the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny , 1598.

Wartislaw Swantiboricz († 1196 ), also Wartislaw Swantiboriz , Wartislaw II of Stettin or Wartislav the Younger , was castellan of Stettin . As a member of a branch line, the Swantiboriden , he was related to the Greifenhaus ruling in Pomerania .

Wartislaw is the only known son of Swantibor , an otherwise unspecified Pomeranian prince.

At the beginning of the 1170s, Wartislaw is said to have handed over the Stettin Castle, which was besieged by the Danes under King Waldemar I, after negotiations. In 1173 he founded the Kolbatz Monastery .

After the death of Duke Bogislaw I of Pomerania, he and the Dowager Duchess Anastasia assumed the guardianship of the underage dukes Bogislaw II and Casimir II. This guardianship is an important indication of his suspected relationship with the Greifenhaus. He was commissioned to work with the Danish King Canute VI. to seek the renewal of the feud. However, during his reign there was an uprising against Danish rule. Finally Knut VI continued. him in 1189 and appointed the Rügen prince Jaromar I as guardian of the young dukes. Wartislaw then withdrew from the public. From the later years only the year of his death, 1196, is recorded in the records of the Kolbatzer monastery.

Two sons are known as his descendants:

Bartholomäus von Stettin († around 1220), possibly castellan of Stettin
Casimir († around 1220), castellan of Kolberg

It is disputed whether Bishop Konrad II of Cammin († around 1233) was a son of Wartislaw.

literature

Some remarks about Wartislav the Second and his descendants . In: Baltic Studies . First issue, Stettin 1832, pp. 117–141.
Theodor Pyl : Wartislav the Younger, Swantiboriz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 209 f.
Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung Verlag, Stettin 1937, pp. 132-133.

Individual evidence

↑ Martin Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . Vol. 1, Weltbild Verlag 1992, reprint of the 1919 and 1921 editions, ISBN 3-89350-112-6 , p. 84.
^ Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . P. 86.
^ Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . P. 91.

personal data
SURNAME	Wartislaw Swantiboricz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wartislaw Swantiboritz; Wartislaw II. Swantiboricz; Wartislaw II of Szczecin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Castellan of Szczecin
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1196

[1] Martin Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . Vol. 1, Weltbild Verlag 1992, reprint of the 1919 and 1921 editions, ISBN 3-89350-112-6 , p. 84.

[2] Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . P. 86.

[3] Wehrmann: History of Pomerania . P. 91.