Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania

Wartislaw VI of Pomerania (1345 – 13 June 1394) was a member of the House of Griffin. From 1365 to 1377, he ruled Pomerania-Wolgast jointly with his brother Bogislaw VI. From 1377 until his death, he was the sole ruler of Pomerania-Barth.

Wartislaw VI of Pomerania
Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
Born	1345
Died	13 June 1394 Klępino Białogardzkie
Noble family	House of Griffin
Spouse(s)	Anne of Mecklenburg-Stargard
Issue	Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania Wartislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania
Father	Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Sophie of Werle

Life

Wartislaw VI., 1st Duke of Pomerania-Barth, with his wife Anne of Mecklenburg-Stargard (on the family tree of the House of Griffins, drawn by Cornelius Krommeny (1598)

Plaque in Eldena, marking the family grave

He was the eldest son of the Duke Barnim IV of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen and his wife, Sophie of Werle.

After the death of his father Barnim IV in 1365, Pomerania-Wolgast was divided in the 1372 Treaty of Anklam into the eastern Duchy of Pomerania-Stolp (from the Swine River to the Leba River), ruled by his uncle Bogislaw V and the western Duchy of Pomerania-Wolgast, ruled jointly by Wartislaw VI and his younger brother Bogislaw VI. In 1377, Pomerania-Wolgast was divided into a smaller Pomerania-Wolgast, ruled by Bogislaw VI, and Pomerania-Barth ruled by Wartislaw VI. In 1396, Bogislaw VI died at Klępino Białogardzkie, without a male heir, and the two parts of Pomerania-Wolgast were reunited under Wartislaw VI.

Marriage and issue

He married Anne of Mecklenburg-Stargard, a daughter of Duke John I of Mecklenburg-Stargard. They had three children:

• Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania
• Wartislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania
• Sophie, married Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Ancestors

Ancestors of Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania

16. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania 8. Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania 17. Margaret of Adenoys 4. Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania 18. Vitslav II, Prince of Rügen 9. Margaret of Rugia 19. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 2. Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania 20. Günther I of Londow-Ruppin 10. Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin 21. Euphemia of Rugia 5. Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin 22. Meinhard of Schladen 11. Adelaide of Schladen 23. Adelaide of Werberg 1. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania 24. Nicholas I of Werle 12. John I of Werle 25. Jutta of Anhalt 6. John II of Werle 26. Günther I of Londow-Ruppin (= 20) 13. Sophie of Lindow-Ruppin 27. Euphemia of Rugia (= 21) 3. Sophie of Werle 28. Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14. Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Adelheid of Montferrat 7. Matilda of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 30. Albert II, Margrave of Meissen 15. Agnes of Meissen 31. Margaret of Sicily

External links

• Genealogy mittelalter.de