Barnim (Greifen) von Pommern-Stettin (1501 - abt. 1573)

Born 2 Dec 1501 in Herzogtum Pommern, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

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Died about 2 Nov 1573 at about age 71 in Oderburg bei Stettin, Herzogtum Pommern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Biography

Barnim (later Barnim IX) of Pomerania (von Pommern) was a younger son of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, and his second wife, Anna of Poland, and was born on 2 December 1501.^[1],^[2],^[3]

He was educated at the University of Wittenberg, where he was also an honourary rector. While he was there he attended Luther's disputation in 1519 and became a convert and promoter of the reformation.^[2]

As Barnim IX he succeeded his father as Duke of Pomerania (Herzog von Pommern) in 1523 ruling jointly with his elder brother Georg I.^[1] When his brother Georg died in 1531 he ruled jointly with his nephew Philipp I, but they divided Pomerania in 1532, though not finalised until 1541. Barnim receiving Stettin and the land east of the Oder, and Philipp, Wolgast with western Pomerania and Rugen.^[2]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Schwennicke, Detlev, (ed.), Europäische Stammtafeln:Stammtafeln zur geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Band III, Teilband I-Herzogs und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches andere Europäische Fürstenhäuser, Neue folge; Marburg : J.A. Stargardt, 1984. Tafel 3.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Scheil, Ursula, "Barnim IX." in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953), pp. 595-596 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd10099721X.html#ndbcontent
3. ↑ Wehrmann, Martin, Genealogie des pommerschen Herzogshauses, (Stettin: Leon Sauniers, 1937). Digital image, Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego (https://pbc.gda.pl/dlibra/publication/12543/edition/8673/content : accessed 5 November 2022).