THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1181–1637

Duchy of Pomerania

The Griffin dukes' Pomerania on the Baltic from the Recknitz to the Łeba, a fief of the Empire from 1181. The duchy gained Rügen (inherited 1325) and the eastern lands of Schlawe and Stolp.

Partitioned among lines (Stettin, Wolgast) for most of its history. When Bogislaw XIV died in 1637 it was occupied by Sweden and divided with Brandenburg in 1648.

See Duchy of Pomerania on the map in 1325

On the map
1181–1637
Capital
Stettin (Szczecin) and Wolgast

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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