Pomerania-Wolgast

Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast (Teil-)Herzogtum Pommern-Wolgast (German) Księstwo wołogoskie (Polish) Ducatus Wolgastensis (Latin)
1295–1478
Coat of arms
Pomerania-Wologast in 1400.
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Wolgast
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Feudal duchy
Duke
• 1295–1309 (first)	Bogislaw IV
• 1474–1478 (last)	Wartislaw X
Historical era	Late Middle Ages
• Partition of the Duchy of Pomerania	1295
• Partition of part of its territory into Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Neustettin	25 May 1368
• Partition of part of its territory into Pomerania-Stargard	1377
• Unification of the Duchy of Pomerania	1478
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Pomerania Pomerania-Neustettin Duchy of Pomerania Pomerania-Stolp Pomerania-Stargard Pomerania-Barth Pomerania-Neustettin
Today part of	Poland Germany

The Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast,^[a] also known as the Duchy of Wolgast, and the Duchy of Wołogoszcz,^[b] was a feudal duchy in Western Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Wolgast. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.^[1] It existed in the Late Middle Ages era from 1295 to 1478.^[1][2]

The state was formed in 1160, in the partition of the Duchy of Pomerania, with duke Bogislaw IV, as its first ruler.^[1] In 1478, the state was incorporated into the re-unified Duchy of Pomerania, under the rule of duke Bogislaw X.^[2] During its existence, part of its territory was partitioned into Pomerania-Stolp (1368), Pomerania-Neustettin (1368),^[3] Pomerania-Barth (1376),^[4] and Pomerania-Stargard (1377).^[5][6][7]

Symbols

The coat of arms of the duchy was the escutcheon separated into two halves, with the upper half being red, and lower half, a blue and yellow (gold) checker. In the upper half is placed white (silver) upper half of a Griffin. It was originally the coat of arms of the Bernstein Land.^[8]

List of rulers

• Bogislaw IV (1295–1309)
• Wartislaw IV (1309–1326)
• Bogislaw V, Wartislaw V, and Barnim IV (1326–1365)
• Bogislaw V and Wartislaw V (1365–1368)
• Bogislaw VI and Wartislaw VI (1368–1376)
• Bogislaw VI (1376–1393)
• Wartislaw VI (1393–1394)
• Barnim VI (1394–1405)
• Barnim VII and Wartislaw IX (1405–1451)
• Wartislaw IX (1451–1457)
• Eric II (1457–1474)
• Wartislaw X (1474–1478)

Citations

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Rodowód książąt pomorskich by E. Rymar. Szczecin. Pomeranian Library. 2005. ISBN 83-87879-50-9, OCLC 69296056. (Polish)
• Źródła do kaszubsko-polskich aspektów Pomorza Zachodniego do roku 1945, vol. 1 by B. Wachowiak, in Pomorze Zachodnie pod rządami książąt plemiennych i władców z dynastii Gryfitów: (990-1121-1637-1648/1653) by Z. Szultka. Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla, Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie, Poznań–Gdańsk. 2006. ISBN 83-7177-459-1. (Polish)
• Gryfici. Książęta Pomorza Zachodniego by K. Kozłowski and J. Podralski. Szczecin. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. 1985. ISBN 83-03-00530-8, OCLC 189424372. (Polish)
• Zdzisław Machura, O Księżnych i Książętach znanych z historii miasta Słupska: publikacja wydana z okazji X Jubileuszowego Jarmarku Gryfitów.
• Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, ISBN 3-88680-272-8.
• Oliver Auge, Die pommerschen Greifen als Fürsten von Rügen und Herzöge von Barth, in: Melanie Ehler, Matthias Müller (eds.), Unter fürstlichem Regiment. Barth als Residenz der pommerschen Herzöge, Lukas Verlag, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-936872-55-4.
• Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 1. A-O. Szczecin. University of Szczecin. 1999. p. 336. ISBN 83-87341-45-2.