Sophie married Magnus av Mecklenburg, "Magnus 2" on 29 May 1478. Magnus was born about 1441; died on 20 Nov 1503 in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin (c.?1460 – 26 April 1504, Wismar), was Duchess of Mecklenburg by marriage from 1478 to 1504.
She was the daughter of Eric 2 of Pomerania-Wolgast (d 1474) and his wife Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp (d 1497).

Her brother was Bogislaw 10 (1454-1523), who ruled the country for almost fifty years as a unified territory.
Under Bogislaw 10, Pomerania experienced a golden age:

Szczecin was made the residence in 1491, the ducal administration was organised in a chancery, a well-regulated tax collection was introduced and peace and stability were maintained. For political reasons, the Duchy of Mecklenburg was anxious to see a merger with the House of Pomerania.

Sophie of Pomerania was the fiancee of Duke John 5 of Mecklenburg, the brother of her later husband Magnus 2 of Mecklenburg. After John's death, Sophie went into a convent, and vowed of perpetual chastity. But Magnus 2 was very attached to securing the border with Pomerania and therefore interested in a marriage with Sophie. He asked several priests for advice on how to set aside the vow, but this was in vain.

He married Sophie on 29 May 1478 anyway, against the ecclesiastical laws. The pope did not sentence Magnus for this transgression; instead he awarded him the Golden Rose of Virtue, the highest ecclesiastical honors. On 3 April 1486 Sophie finally got dispensation from her vow, on the condition she provide 3 poor people annually with white woolen clothes in memory of the Virgin Mary.

Like her daughter Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin over 2 decades later, Sophie insisted on being buried far from home. Whereas all her relatives on the Mecklenburg side, including her husband, had been buried in Doberan Abbey, she chose the Dominican monastery in Wismar as the final resting place. Sophie's funeral was the first of the ducal house in Wismar and - apart from her sister Margaret, the widow of Balthasar, on 27 March 1526 - also the last.

The bronze grave slab with the life-sized image of the Duchess resting on a Pomegranate blanket, first covered her tomb at the main altar of the church of the Black Monastery in Wismar until 1880. It was then moved to St. Mary's Church, also in Wismar, and after its destruction to the northern side chapel of the Nikolai Church, also in Wismar.

1. Katarina av Mecklenburg was born about 1487; died about 06 Jun 1561 in Torgau, Sachsen, Tyskland.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1457, Pommern, Tyskland; Hertug av Pommern-Wolgast.

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Eric 2 or Erich 2 (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474) was a member of the House of Pomerania (also known as the House of Griffins) and was the ruling Duke of Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1457 to 1474. He was the son of Wartislaw 9 of Pomerania-Wolgast and Sophia, daughter of Eric 4 of Saxe-Lauenburg.

In 1451, Wartislaw 9 arranged his son's marriage to Sophia, daughter of Bogislaw 9 of Pomerania-Stolp and heiress of Eric 1 of Pomerania-Stolp, who had also been king of the Kalmar Union.
The marriage of these distant relatives granted Eric 2 access to Eric 1's lands in Farther Pomerania. Also, Eric 1 arranged the Lauenburg-Bütow Land at the Pomerelian border to be granted by the Polish king to Eric 2 on January 3, 1455, as a reward for aiding Poland in her struggles with the Teutonic Knights.

In 1456, Eric took over Maszewo Land in Farther Pomerania, despite Wassow being not included in his share of Pomerania. This led to conflicts with Otto 3, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin and even Eric 1. Even though the Pomeranian cities were able to mediate negotiations between the dukes which led to a compromise on January 16, 1457, at Rügenwalde, Eric lost the support of the other Pomeranian dukes with this action.

In August 1457, Eric was hunting in the forests near Horst, belonging not to his lands, but to the Hanseatic city of Greifswald. In further disrespect of the city's rights he ordered local peasants to aid him. Greifswald's mayor Heinrich Rubenow led the burghers of Greifswald and Stralsund in an attempt to arrest Eric. Although the burghers captured his guards, Eric managed to escape. Yet, by now he was not only opposed by his co-ruling Pomeranian dukes, but also by the Pomeranian cities.

After the death of his father, Wartislaw 9, later in 1457, Eric received Pomerania-Wolgast together with his younger brother, Wartislaw 10. They split the duchy with Wartislaw 10 receiving the principality of Rügen (with Rügen, Barth, Tribsees and Grimmen) while Eric received the eastern parts. Upon Eric 1's death, in 1459 Eric 2 gained Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Rügenwalde due to the claims of his wife. Despite being a partitioned duchy in reality, Pomerania was granted to the dukes as one fief to be co-ruled, which meant that several issues had to be acted upon in common. Because Eric did not respect Wartislaw 10's rights as a co-ruler, Wartislaw sought for an alliance with the Margraviate of Brandenburg on September 6, 1459, in Angermünde. He pawned the area north of the Brandenburgian Uckermark to Hohenzollern margrave Frederick II and in return became assured of military protection against his brother.

In 1464, Eric's cousin Otto 3 of Pomerania-Stettin died of the Black Death, leaving both Eric and Wartislaw as well as Brandenburg's Frederick 2 with claims for inheritance. In 1466 Eric 2 and Wartislaw 10 were granted liens by the elector of Brandenburg at Soldin. However the contract was not fulfilled and it came to military intervention. Aware that he would not withstand Brandenburg without allies, Eric sought to settle the conflict by allying with Poland and in 1470 invaded the Brandenburg Neumark. The Brandenburgers had their longtime claims to Pomerania re-verified by emperor Frederick 3. The emperor ordered Erich 2 and Wartislaw 10 to recognize the suzerainty of Brandenburg. Mecklenburgs Duke Henry took a mediator role and the Mecklenburgian army moved eastward following the Tollense River, a Brandenburgian army advanced to the North from the Uckermark following the Randow River. The campaigns were ended by the Peace of Prenzlau of May 31, 1472 and the Pomeranian dukes gave the pledge of allegiance to the elector. Brandenburg was again granted the right of inheritance of Pomerania upon the extinction of the House of Pomerania.

Eric died in 1474 of a plague-like disease. He was buried in Eldena Abbey near Greifswald and was succeeded by his son Bogislaw 10.

Eric 2 married Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp. With his wife, he had 9 children:
1. Bogislaw X (1454–1523).

2. Casimir (ca. 1455–1474).

3. Wartislaw (after 1465–1475).

4. Barnim (after 1465–1474).

5. Elisabeth (d. 1516), prioress of Verchen Nunnery.

6. Sophie (1460–1504), 8 Duke Magnus 2 of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and -Güstrow (1441–1503).

7. Margaret (d. 1526), 8 Duke Balthasar of Mecklenburg (1451–1507), administrator of the prince-bishoprics of Hildesheim and Schwerin.

8. Catherine (ca. 1465–1526), 8 Duke Henry 4 of Brunswick and Lunenburg (1463–1514), Prince of Wolfenbüttel.

9. Mary (d. 1512), abbess of Wollin Nunnery.

Erich married Sophia av Pommern-Stolp about 1451. Sophia (daughter of Bogislaw (Boguslaw) av Pommern, "Bogislaw 9" and Maria av Masovia) was born about 1435; died about 24 Aug 1497. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp (1435 - 24 August 1497), was a Duchess of Pomerania by birth, and married to Eric 2, Duke of Pomerania.

Sophia was the daughter of Bogislaw 9, Duke of Pomerania and Maria of Masovia.
In 1446, her father died and was succeeded by his cousin, Eric of Pomerania, former King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Sophia became the heir of Eric of Pomerania's private fortune.

In 1451, Sophia was married to Eric of Pomerania-Wolgast, making her spouse the heir of Eric of Pomerania's territories, while Sophia remained the heir of Eric of Pomerania's private fortune.

At the death of Eric of Pomerania in 1459, Sophia's husband united Pomerania through the inheritance of Pomerania-Stolp and Pomerania-Rügenwalde by his marriage, while Sophia became the sole possessor of the vast fortune brought by Eric of Pomerania from his former kingdoms's in Scandinavia, as well as the one he had acquired by his piracy activity on Gotland.

As Eric refused to allow Sophia any of the political power over the territories he acquired through her, which she felt she was entitled to, the couple separated.

Sophia moved to Rügenwalde Castle with her children and her lover, Hans of Maszerski.

In 1470, she refused to finance her husband's war with Brandenburg.

She was widowed in 1474.

According to an old legend, she was to have poisoned her sons Wratislaw and Casimir, but when she tried to the same with her son Bogislaw with a poisoned sandwich, he was warned by his jester. The sandwich was given to a dog, who died, after which Sophia was to have fled to Danzig.

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• Occupation: Abt 1418, Pommern, Tyskland; Hertug av Pommern.

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Boguslaw 9; 1407/1410 – 7 December 1446) was a duke of Pomerania in Pomerania-Stolp, whose residence was Stargard. His cousin Eric of Pomerania tried in vain to have him recognized as King of the Kalmar Union.

Boguslaw was the son of Bogislaw 8, Duke of Pomerania, and Sophia of Holstein.

On June 24, 1432 in Poznan he married Maria of Masovia, daughter of Siemowit 4, Duke of Masovia and Alexandra of Lithuania. They had daughters:

Sophia, who married Eric 2, Duke of Pomerania.

Alexandra.

And at least one of unknown name.

During the Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435), Bogislaw opposed the Teutonic Knights and supported the Kingdom of Poland. He was later involved in struggles related to Pomeranian bishops.

Boguslaw was succeeded by Eric of Pomerania.

Bogislaw married Maria av Masovia before 1435. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Abt 1395, Pommern, Tyskland; Hertug.

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Bogislaw 8. (c.1364 - 11 February 1418) was Duke of Pomerania in Pomerania-Stolp from 1395 until 1418.

He married the daughter of Henry 2, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Sophie of Holstein, with whom he had Bogislaw 9 and Adelheid of Pomerania (1410 - after 1444/45), married with Duke Bernard 2 of Saxe-Lauenburg on 2 February 1429.

The reign of Bogislaw was influenced by the contemporary Polish-Teutonic Wars between his eastern neighbors, Poland and the Teutonic Prussia. The Pomeranian dukes, whose territory was the only land route to the knights' state not controlled by Poland, exploited this conflict and changed sides frequently. Late in 1388, the dukes of Pomerania-Stolp left an alliance and sided with Poland, who had promised to partially respect their claims as Casimir III's heirs. Thence, the nobles of Pomerania-Stolp robbed the Teutonic knights and their supply routes, provoking a counter-attack that destroyed many noble strongholds and the fortifications of Köslin (now Koszalin). Bogislaw VIII, Barnim V and Wartislaw 7 reacted by siding with Polish king Jogaila and concluding mutual trade alleviations.

When Bogislaw's brother Wartislaw 7 died in 1395, Bogislaw and his other brother Barnim 5 concluded a treaty with the Teutonic Prussia in neighboring Pomerelia, who was in conflict with Poland, to safeguard their supply routes in turn for a financial credit. Swantibor 3 and Bogislaw 7 of Pomerania-Stettin changed sides in 1395 and allied with the knights in turn for financial aid.

Barnim however in 1397 concluded an alliance with Poland, married Vytautas' niece Hedwig and was in Jogaila's service in 1401 until he died in 1402 or 1404. Bogislaw also entered into Jogaila's service, but changed sides in 1407/08, when he allied with the Teutonic Knights and settled their common border. When the knights lost the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410, Bogislaw changed sides again and allied with Poland in return for the Bütow, Schlochau, Preussisch-Friedland, Baldenburg, Hammerstein and Schivelbein areas, which Poland had gained from the Teutonic Prussia before. This was however cancelled by the First Peace of Thorn in 1411.

While Bogislaw nevertheless upheld his alliance with Jogaila, Konrad Bonow of the Cammin diocese in 1414 concluded an alliance with the Teutonic knights against both Bogislaw and Jogaila, which was turned into a truce soon after. In 1417, Bogislaw and the Teutonic knights settled their common border in the Hammerstein area, ending their conflicts. Bogislaw's son Bogislaw 9 together with all other Pomeranian dukes in 1423 allied with the Teutonic knights.

Bogislaw married Sophie av Holstein before 1407. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]