Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw I. (* 1130, † March 18, 1187 in Sosnitza at Altwarp ) was a Duke of Pomerania.
Life
After the death of father Bogislaw Wartislaw I first took over his brother Ratibor I. the government in Pomerania. It was only at the death of Ratibor I. 1155/56 Bogislaw together with his younger brother Casimir I the government. Bogislaw as the Elder was the leading of the two brothers; on coins he even used the title of king.
1164 Bogislaw and supported Casimir Pribislaw, prince of Obodrites, against Henry in the rebellion of the lion. After the victorious battle of Verchen for Henry but were Bogislaw and vassals of Henry Casimir. Bogislaw I was Henry the Lion, until its fall in 1181 faithful. At his request, he participated with Casimir I, among others, in the conquest of Rügen by the allied Heinrich Danes in 1168th When the Pomeranian princes like Henry the Lion in the distribution of prey came empty-handed, it came into conflict with the Danes. After several military expeditions of the Danish king Valdemar I the Pomeranian region, who were also in retaliation for the sacking of Danish territories to Bogislaw I and Casimir I -bought in 1177 to pay tribute peace.
1180 fell Bogislaw brother Kasimir probably at the siege of Demmin through the Brandenburg Margrave Otto I and Bogislaw ruled henceforth alone. In 1181 he was enfeoffed the occasion of his appearance in the imperial camp before Lübeck by Friedrich Barbarossa " Slavia ". Whether in a survey can be seen in the Imperial Prince, is uncertain. It is also uncertain what territory should be meant by " Slavia ".
Any imperial immediacy could not say Bogislaw anyway. It came back to hostilities with Denmark. An attack on Bogislaw which is under Danish suzerainty of Principality of Rügen struck in 1184 failed. After winning the Danish military campaigns 1184/1185 he finally submitted to 1185 the Danish King Canute VI. and now became his vassal. He probably also had parts of his western dominions cede to the Rügische principality.
Bogislaw was in his first marriage with a Walburgis († 1177 ), married. Their origin is unknown today, maybe they came from Denmark. With her he had two sons, who did not survive him, namely Ratibor († 1183 ) and Wartislaw († 1184 ).
After the death of Walburga Bogislaw married in 1177 his second wife Anastasia, a daughter of Mieszko III. , Senior Duke of Poland. Bogislaw died in 1187 and was buried in the monastery hill at the Usedom; He was followed by his sons from his second marriage Bogislaw II and Kasimir II.
His widow donated Anastasia 1224 the Prämonstratenserinnenstift Marie Busch in Treptow an der Rega, where she took her widow's residence and was buried after 1240.