Dukes of Pomerania

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The Dukes of Pomerania were a medieval and early modern ruling dynasty that governed the historical region of Pomerania along the southern Baltic coast.

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House of Pomerania 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble dynasty
ruling house
alliedWith Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
Teutonic Order NERFINISHED
capital Stettin NERFINISHED
Stolp NERFINISHED
Wolgast NERFINISHED
coatOfArms red griffin on silver field
continent Europe
country Duchy of Pomerania NERFINISHED
dynasticName House of Griffins NERFINISHED
dynastyEndCause extinction of male line
endTime 1637
ethnicOrigin Germanized nobility
West Slavic NERFINISHED
founder Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
governanceForm hereditary monarchy
heldTitle Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
languageUsed Latin
Middle Low German NERFINISHED
Polish
locatedIn southern Baltic coast
memberOf Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
notableMember Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Eric of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Wartislaw I, Duke of Pomerania NERFINISHED
participatedIn Christianization of Pomerania NERFINISHED
Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire high nobility
predecessor local Slavic tribal leaders in Pomerania
primaryResidence Ducal Castle, Stettin NERFINISHED
regionRuled Pomerania NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
Roman Catholicism
ruledUnderSuzeraintyOf Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
startTime 12th century
successor Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
symbol griffin
territorialDivision Pomerania-Barth NERFINISHED
Pomerania-Stettin NERFINISHED
Pomerania-Stolp NERFINISHED
Pomerania-Wolgast NERFINISHED
titleStyle by the grace of God Duke of Pomerania

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Eric of Pomerania memberOfDynasty Dukes of Pomerania
this entity surface form: House of Pomerania