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The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century and had been taken from the ducal coat of arms. Duke Wartislaw I (died 1135) was the first historical ruler of the Duchy of Pomerania and the founder of the Griffin dynasty. The most prominent Griffin was Eric of Pomerania, who became king of the Kalmar Union in 1397, thus ruling Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The last Griffin duke of Pomerania was Bogislaw XIV, who died during the Thirty Years' War, which led to the division of Pomerania between Brandenburg-Prussia and Sweden. Duchess Anna von Croy, daughter of Duke Bogislaw XIII and the last Griffin, died in 1660. The dynasty is known by two names, Pomerania, after their primary fief, and Griffin, after their coat of arms, which had featured a griffin since the late 12th century: The first verifiable use of the griffin as the dynasty's heraldic emblem occurred in a seal of Casimir II, Duke of Pomerania, which showed the imaginary beast within a shield, and was attached to a document dated 1194. The name Pomerania comes from Slavic 'po more', which means: 'land along the sea'. The origins of the Griffins are not clear. Most theories derive them from either local Slavic nobility or a cadet branch of the Polish house of Piasts. Medieval Polish chronicler Jan Długosz connected them with Polish noble family of Świebodzice from the south province of Poland named the Lesser Poland, who also used a griffin as their coat-of-arms and who in turn might also have been a cadet branch of the Piasts. At any rate, chronicler Gallus Anonymus in his Gesta principum Polonorum calls the Griffins "close cousins" of then-contemporary Bolesław III of Poland, directly implying a close dynastic relationship with the Piasts. In the 17th century, the Griffins derived their roots from legendary beings from Sorb mythology called Gryphus or Baltus. The first known members of the Griffins were the brothers Wartislaw I and Ratibor I. Wartislaw would be the ancestor of the line of dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania until 1630; Ratibor would be the ancestor of the Ratiborides branch of the Griffins, that was to rule the lands of Schlawe and Stolp (Slupsk) until the line became extinct and the area was incorporated in the Duchy of Pomerania. The first known member of the Swantiborides branch of the Griffins, notable as castellans of Pomeranian cities, was Wartislaw (II) Swantiboriz.
Studia z Dziejów Średniowiecza
Stepmother and stepson: Duchess Matilda in the power struggle after the death of her husband Barnim I, the Duke of Pomerania2019 •
2020 •
Which clan of Polish medieval nobility derives its male lineage from Count Magnus of Wroclaw? This man of noble birth, who bore a mysteriously non-Slavic name, was mentioned twice in the Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus. This vexed question has been debated by several commentators. One of these: Bartosz Paprocki suggested that Magnus was an ancestor of the Zaremba line, whereas Tomasz Jurek in his article entitled "Who was Magnus, the Komes4 of Wroclaw?", expressed doubts about the alleged Zaremba descent. In this paper, my aim is to examine this puzzle in the light of a new methodology. In essence, the mystery of Magnus, who was a foreigner, hailing from lands that were far distant from Poland, is a tantalizing case for the application of genetic genealogy. In genetic terms, we are faced with a case of great strangeness in the form of this personage, who was added to native Polish infrastructure. Magnus, in one paper by T. Jurek was convincingly identified as the son of King Harold II Godwinson of England who met his death in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. However, he might be shown to have been the father of Skarbimir, the famous Count Palatine of the Polish Duke Boleslaw III Wry-mouth, and thus an ancestor of the oldest branches of the powerful mediaeval Awdaniec clan.
Studia Hercynia 24/2, 98-126
Griffins from the Danube. Early La Tène sword in decorated scabbard from Sotin, Eastern Croatia2020 •
Early La Tène sword in decorated scabbard, kept in the Archaeological museum in Zagreb, was found in the late 19th and early 20th century in the village of Sotin in eastern Croatia. Through typological, technical, and iconographic analyses of the sword and scabbard decoration (pair of dragons / griffins), the paper discuss introduction of the La Tène culture to southeastern Pannonia and its position in the wider cultural and historical processes that took place in the second half of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century BC in central and southeastern Europe.
2022 •
Palaeontologia Electronica
A new genus and species of a galliform bird from the Oligocene of PolandPoland, Pomerania and Their Neighbours' Shaping of Medieval European Civilisation (10th-12th Centuries), Wrocław
Scandinavian influence on Poland and Pomerania in the early Middle Ages2020 •
Twentieth-century German medieval researchers saw Piotr Wlostowic, the famous Palatine of the Polish Duke Wladyslaw II the Exile, as a grandson of Magnus, the Count (Comes) of Wroclaw. They argued this from two sources, the records of Gallus Anonymus’ “Polish Chronicle”, where he suggested the princely position of that Magnus in Silesia, and from the XII. century records about Piotr which gave him the title of a count (or even a prince). According to these researchers, Piotr inherited after Magnus key possessions in Silesia around the “burh” of Wroclaw and Sleza Mount. There was also a generational concordance of Magnus with the grandfather of Piotr. Magnus, as a leading representative of the local Silesian tribal dynasty, had to be the superior of the Silesian quarter of the Polish Piast State. These researchers described the Norman (North Germanic) origin of this dynasty, but the reality seems to be far more complex. One of them, Fedor von Heydebrand und der Lasa, has offered an attractive way to identify the origin of Count Magnus on the basis of the name "Magnus" itself. Its outcome would agree with the main thesis of an article by Tomasz Jurek, that Count of Wroclaw, Magnus, was a son of the Harold II Godwinson, King of England, who was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The genetic method will perhaps allow us to verify these hypotheses.
2021 •
Journal of Applied Ichthyology
First record of anomalous otoliths of Menticirrhus americanus in the South Atlantic2019 •
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Positive Influence of a Probiotic Mixture on the Intestinal Morphology and Microbiota of Farmed Guinea Fowls (Numida meleagris)2021 •
Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS)
Social Attitudes towards Kitchen Gardening2018 •
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
Angiotensin Receptor and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Activation Contribute to Glucose Intolerance Independent of Systolic Blood Pressure in Obese Rats2018 •
Comparative Political Studies
Does Class-Based Campaigning Work? How Working Class Appeals Attract and Polarize Voters2020 •
2020 •
Journal of Virological Methods
A rapid and simple protocol for concentration of SARS-CoV-2 from sewage2021 •
2017 •
Hematological Oncology
A Phase 1 Study of Pralatrexate Plus Romidepsin Reveals Marked Activity in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL)2017 •
2013 •
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Design solutions to improve resilience of metro vehicle to blast events2018 •
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B
Notizen: Phosphoranes with a Chiral Centre Containing the 1,2-Oxaphosphetane Ring System1977 •
Physical Review B
Emission properties and temporal coherence of the dark exciton confined in a GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs quantum dot2021 •
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus
Effect of Occlusion Amblyopia After Prescribed Full-Time Occlusion on Long-Term Visual Acuity Outcomes2012 •