Sophie av Pommern

Abt 1460 - 1504  (44 years)

• Name	Sophie av Pommern
  Birth	Abt 1460  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Apr 1504	Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland   [1]
  Person ID	I12595	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Erich av Pommern-Wolgast, "Erich 2",   b. Between 1418 and 1425   d. Abt 05 Jul 1474 (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sophia av Pommern-Stolp,   b. Abt 1435   d. Abt 24 Aug 1497 (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1451  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Family ID	F4938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Magnus av Mecklenburg, "Magnus 2",   b. Abt 1441   d. 20 Nov 1503, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1478  [1]
  	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]
  Children	+ 1. Katarina av Mecklenburg,   b. Abt 1487   d. Abt 06 Jun 1561, Torgau, Sachsen, Tyskland (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F4937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2016

  
  

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