Barnim VI of Pomerania, duke

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 (Redirected from Barnim VI) Barnim VI was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1394 to 1405. He was the son of Wartislaw VI of Pomerania-Wolgast.

Barnim is known for his engagement in piracy. He erected a fort and a port for this purpose in Ahrenshoop, which was destroyed by Rostock in 1395. He allowed the Victual Brothers, a pirate organization assaulting vessels of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic Sea, to use the Peene river as a winter refuge and the Bay of Greifswald as a basis. In 1398, he signed a treaty with the Teutonic Knights not to further support the Victual Brothers (then also "Likedeelers"), but kept on engaging in piracy himself. On one of his expeditions, he was caught by the Hanseatic League in Kopenhagen's port. From 1400-1403, he aided the dukes of Mecklenburg-Werle in their campaigns against Lübeck. Barnim himself was wounded once at Lübeck's gates.[1] In 1405, Barnim died of the Black Death. To avoid this fate, he went on a pilgrimage to Kenz near Barth, but died on his way. He was buried in Kenz, where a large wooden statue resembling Barnim was furnished.[1] Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 20. Oktober 2009 um 17:52 Uhr geändert Duke Barnim VI of Pomerania-Wolgast (1394-1405), *1365, +22.12.1405; m.Veronica N D1. Duke Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast (1405-57), *Wolgast 1400, +Schloss Darsim 17.4.1457; m.1420 Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg (*ca 1395 +1462) D2. Duke Barnim VIII of Pomerania-Wolgast, *1403/05, +21.7./20.12.1451 E1. Agnes, *1434, +Bernburg 9.5.1512; 1m: Tangermuende 9.2.1449 Friedrich I von Altmark-Priegnitz (*ca 1425, +Tangermünde 6.10.1463); 2m: 1479 Georg II von Anhalt-Zerbst (*1456 +25.4.1509)