Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania

Wartislaw IV ( * before 1290; † August 1, 1326 ) was Duke of Pomerania - Wolgast.

Wartislaw IV was the son of the Duke Bogislaw IV and his wife Margaret of Rügen ( a daughter of Prince Wizlaw II ). He had four sisters: Jutta, Elizabeth, Margaret and Eufemia.

He was married to Elisabeth of Lindau -Ruppin and had with her three sons:

  • Bogislaw V.
  • Barnim IV
  • Wartislaw V.

From 1309 Wartislaw IV Duke of Pomerania - Wolgast and was graduated in 1321 with a Erbeinung the Principality of Rügen, which was already effective 1325. During his rule acquisition in the Principality of Rügen was apparently accepted without objection, it was already after his 1326 death happened to years of Erbkriegen against Mecklenburg, Pomerania in which ultimately claimed.

He also extended his territory in the east in 1317 by the acquisition of the countries Schlawe - Stolp from the estate of the Dukes of Pomerania of the Mark Brandenburg.

Designed for the Berlin Victory Avenue August Kraus a marble bust Wartislaws as a minor character of the monument Group 9 next to the central statue of Henry the child, Brandenburg, unveiled on 22 March 1900.

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