Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp

• SOPHIE ([1435]-[24 Aug 1494/1497]).
• Daughter of Bogusław IX, duke and Maria of Masovia by Project MedLands POMERANIA]

Married

• Married: (1451 after Feb) as his second wife, ERICH II Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast, son of WARTISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania & his wife Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg ([1418/25]-Wolgast 5 Jul 1474).
• In 1451, Wartislaw IX arranged his son's marriage to Sophia, daughter of Bogislaw IX of Pomerania-Stolp and heiress of Eric I of Pomerania-Stolp, who had also been king of the Kalmar Union. The marriage of these distant relatives granted Eric II access to Eric I's lands in Farther Pomerania.

Project MedLands POMERANIA, ERICH von Pommern

ERICH von Pommern, son of WARTISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania & his wife Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg ([1418/25]-Wolgast 5 Jul 1474). He succeeded his father in 1457 as ERICH II Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast.
married firstly ([12/30] Nov 1451) MARGARETA von Mecklenburg, of HEINRICH Herzog von Mecklenburg-Stargard & his second wife Ingeborg von Pommern-Stettin (-[Nov 1451/1452]).
married secondly SOPHIE von Pommern, daughter of BOGISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania & his wife Maria of Mazovia [Piast] ([1435]-[24 Aug 1494/1497]).

ERICH II Duke of Pomerania in Wolgas & his second wife SOPHIE von Pommern Had Nine Children

• 1. BOGISLAW von Pommern (Stolp 3 Jul 1454-Stettin 5 Oct 1523). He succeeded his father in 1474 as BOGISLAW X "the Great" Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast. Duke of Pomerania 1478.
• 2. KASIMIR VII ([before 1455]-[8/15] Sep 1474).
• 3. ELISABETH (-1516 after 22 Oct). Prioress at Verchen.
• 4. SOPHIE (-Wismar 26 Apr or 26 May 1504, bur Wismar Dominican Church). m (Anklam 24/31 May 1478) MAGNUS II Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of HEINRICH IV "der Fette" Herzog von Mecklenburg & his wife Dorothea von Brandenburg [Hohenzollern] (1 Jan 1441-20 Nov 1503, bur Doberan 20 Nov 1503).
• 5. MARGARETA (-27 Mar 1526, bur Wismar Dominican Church). m (13 Jan 1482) BALTHASAR I Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, son of HEINRICH IV "der Fette" Herzog von Mecklenburg & his wife Dorothea von Brandenburg [Hohenzollern] (1451-Wismar 16 Mar 1507, bur Doberan).
• 6. KATHARINA (1465-Wolfenbuttel 1526). married (1 Aug 1486) HEINRICH I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Wolfenbüttel (14 Jun 1463-23 Jun 1514).
• 7. WARTISLAW XI (after 1465-1475).
• 8. BARNIM IX(after 1465-1474).
• 9. MARIE (-1512). Abbess of Wollin.

Parents & Siblings of Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp

• BOGISLAW von Pommern ([1407/10]-7 Dec 1446). He succeeded his father in 1418 as BOGISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania in Stargard.
• Married on (24 Jun 1432) MARIA of Mazovia, daughter of SIEMOWIT IV Duke of Mazovia [Piast] & his wife Aleksandra of Lithuania ([1410-18 Feb 1454).

Bogislaw IX & his wife MARIA of Mazovia had two children

• (1) SOPHIE ([1435]-[24 Aug 1494/1497]). m (1451 after Feb) as his second wife, ERICH II Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast, son of WARTISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania & his wife Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg ([1418/25]-Wolgast 5 Jul 1474).
• (2) ALEXANDRA (-1451).

Grandparents of Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp

BOGISLAW von Pommern ([1363/68]-11 Feb 1418). He succeeded his half-brother in 1377 as BOGISLAW VIII of Pomerania in Hinterpommern. m ([1398]) SOPHIE von Holstein, daughter of HEINRICH II "dem Eisernen" Graf von Holstein-Rendsburg & his second wife Ingeburg von Mecklenburg (-after 1451).

Bogislaw VIII & his wife had three children:

1) INGEBORG (-before 16 Jun 1450). m ([1425/28]%29 as his second wife, HEINRICH Herzog von Mecklenburg-Stargard, son of ULRICH I Herzog von Mecklenburg-Stargard & his second wife Margarete von Pommern (-[26 May/20 Aug] 1466, bur Wanzka).

2) BOGISLAW von Pommern ([1407/10]-7 Dec 1446). He succeeded his father in 1418 as BOGISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania in Stargard. m (24 Jun 1432) MARIA of Mazovia, daughter of SIEMOWIT IV Duke of Mazovia [Piast] & his wife Aleksandra of Lithuania ([1410-18 Feb 1454).

Bogislaw IX & his wife had two children:

(a) SOPHIE ([1435]-[24 Aug 1494/1497]). m (1451 after Feb) as his second wife, ERICH II Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast, son of WARTISLAW IX Duke of Pomerania & his wife Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg ([1418/25]-Wolgast 5 Jul 1474).
(b) ALEXANDRA (-1451).

3) ADELHEID (1410-after 1445). m (2 Feb 1429) BERNHARD II Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg ([1385-16 Jul 1463)

e) BARNIM von Pommern (1369-16 May 1402). He succeeded his half-brother in 1377 as BARNIM V Duke of Pomerania in Hinterpommern zu Stolp. m JADWIGA of Lithuania, daughter of TAUTVILAS [Towtiwil] KONRAD Duke of Lithuania & his wife Iuliana Sviatoslavna of Smolensk (-after 1 Dec 1405).

f) MARGARETA (1366-Bruck an der Mur 30 Apr 1407 or 12 Jun 1410, bur Rein). The necrology of Rein records the death "II Kal Mai" of "Margaretha ducissa Austrie et Styrie"[154]. m (Bruck an der Mur [14 Jan] 1392) as his first wife, ERNST I "der Eiserne" Duke of Austria, son of LEOPOLD III Duke of Austria & his wife Verde Visconti (Bruck an der Mur 1377-Bruck an der Mur 10 Jun 1424, bur Rein, Steiermark).

2. BARNIM von Pommern ([1325]-22 Aug 1365). He succeeded his father in 1326 as BARNIM IV Duke of Pomerania in Wolgast und Rügen.

3. WARTISLAW [V] "Pater Noster" ([1 Nov 1326]-1390).

Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania, by Wikipedia

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

Sophia was the daughter of Bogislaw IX, 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 in Scandinavia, as well as the wealth 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.[1] Sophia moved to Rügenwalde Castle with her children and her lover, Hans of Maszerski.[2] In 1470, she refused to finance her husband's war with Brandenburg. She was widowed in 1474.

Issue

• Bogislaw X (1454–1523)
• Casimir (ca. 1455–1474)
• Wartislaw (after 1465–1475)
• Barnim (after 1465–1474)
• Elisabeth (d. 1516), prioress of Verchen Nunnery
• Sophie (1460–1504), ∞ Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and -Güstrow (1441–1503)
• Margaret (d. 1526), ∞ Duke Balthasar of Mecklenburg (1451–1507), administrator of the prince-bishoprics of Hildesheim and Schwerin
• Catherine (ca. 1465–1526), ∞ Duke Henry IV of Brunswick and Lunenburg (1463–1514), Prince of Wolfenbüttel

Mary (d. 1512), abbess of Wollin Nunnery

Notes on Swedish women / 344 (1864-1866), MARCH, Author: Wilhelmina Stålberg, PG Berg, by Runeberg

Sofia, wife of Duke Erik II of Wolgast. King Eric XIII, who on Midsummer Day 1439 was deposed from all three Nordic kingdoms, died in 1459 in Rügenvalde, aged 77. He bequeathed to Sofia all his furniture, jewelry and cash, in a word, all the treasure he had brought with him from the Nordics and which he had in part increased during the time he lived by piracy on Gotland. This treasure was considerable and consisted, among other things, of a large gold bar, worth 100,000 gold guilders; Image of the Savior in Arabian gold, the size of a fifteen-year-old youth; all the twelve apostles of fine silver, large as twelve years old boys; a tabernacle of gold for the holy sacrament;
a goose of clear gold and a monoceros entirely of gold, except for many precious gold and silver vessels, etc. From this you can see what great treasures and riches there were in ancient times in the Nordics. - Sofia was a princess, not of the best kind. It seems that she became greedy after she received her treasure, because she moved away from her husband and did not want to help him with money, which he needed in and for the war against Brandenburg. When she moved to Rügenvalde, she took her eight children with her. These were neglected, went sloppy and wandered the streets and were despised by other children. One farmer, Johan Lange, took in one of the children, Bogislaus, and dressed him. - Duke Erik died on 6 July 1474 and a few days later the princes Wratislaw and Casimir. Bogislaus, then the only heir to Pomerania, wanted to poison Sofia, like theprevious brothers, with a poisoned sandwich, but her court jester revealed it to Bogislaus. The sandwich was given to a dog, which immediately died, causing Sofia to flee to Danzig. Bogislaus later became Duke of Pomerania, under the name of Bogislaus X and so distinguished that he acquired the nickname the Great .

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• Wikipedia - https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_(ksi%C4%99%C5%BCna_pomorska)
• DUKES of POMERANIA - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/POMERANIA.htm
• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
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