Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania

Barnim XI of Pomerania
Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania
Spouse(s)	Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Noble family	House of Griffins
Father	Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Anna Jagiellonica
Born	1501
Died	2 June 1573(1573-06-02) Stettin

Barnim XI (1501 – 1573; by some accounts Barnim IX), son of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania, became duke on his father's death in 1523.

Life

He ruled for a time in common with his elder brother George I; and after George's death in 1531 he shared the duchy with his nephew Philip I, retaining for himself the duchy of Pomerania-Stettin. The earlier years of his rule were troubled by a quarrel with Margrave Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg, who wished to annex Pomerania. In 1529, however, a treaty was made which freed Pomerania from the supremacy of Brandenburg on condition that if the ducal family became extinct the duchy should revert to Brandenburg. Barnim adopted the doctrines of Martin Luther, and joined the league of Schmalkalden, but took no part in the subsequent war. But as this attitude left him without supporters he was obliged to submit to the emperor Charles V, to pay a heavy fine, and to accept the Interim, issued from Augsburg in May 1548. In 1569, Barnim handed over his ducky to his grand-nephew, John Frederick, and died at Stettin on 2 June 1573.

Marriage and issue

Barnim married Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a daughter of Duke Henry I of Lüneburg. The marriage produced the following children:

• Maria (1527–1554), married in 1544 to Count Otto IV of Schauenburg-Pinneberg (1517 - 1576).
• Dorothea (1528–1558), married in 1554, Count John I of Mansfeld-Hinterort (d. 1567).
• Alexandra (1534 – died young).
• Elizabeth (1537–1554).
• Anna (1531–1592), married firstly in 1557 to Prince Karl I of Anhalt-Zerbst (1534 - 1561), secondly in 1566 to Burgrave Henry VI of Plauen (1536 - 1572), and thirdly in 1576 to Count Jobst II of Barby-Mühlingen (1544–1609).
• Sibylla (1541–1564)
• Bogislaw XII (c. 27 August 1542 – bef. 15 September 1542).

Ancestors

Family of Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania

8. Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast (1400-1457)               4. Eric II of Pomerania (1425-1474)                       9. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg               2. Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1454-1523)                             10. Bogislaw IX of Pomerania-Stolp (1407-1446)               5. Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp                       11. Maria of Mazovia               1. Barnum XI, Duke of Pomerania                                   12. Władysław II Jagiełło (1348-1434)               6. Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427-1492)                       13. Sophia of Halshany (1405-1461)               3. Anna Jagiellonica (1476-1503)                             14. Emperor Albert II of Habsburg (1397-1439)               7. Elizabeth of Austria (1436–1505)                       15. Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409-1442)

See also

• List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes
• History of Pomerania
• Duchy of Pomerania
• House of Pomerania

References

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Barnim XI, Duke of Pomerania House of Pomerania Born: 1501 Died: June 2 1573
Preceded by Bogislaw X	Dukes of Pomerania 1523–1532 with his brother George I (1523–1531) and then with his nephew Philip I (1531–1532)	Succeeded by himself as Duke of Pomerania-Stettin
		Succeeded by Philip I as Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
Preceded by himself and Philip I as Dukes of Pomerania unpartitioned	Duke of Pomerania-Stettin 1532–1569	Succeeded by John Frederick