Barnim VIII, Duke of Pomerania

Barnim VIII ( 1405-1407 *, † 15-19 Dezember 1451 ) was Duke of Pomerania - Wolgast -Barth.

Life

Barnim VIII was the son of the Duke of Pomerania - Wolgast Wartislaw VIII. After the death of his father in 1415 initially had his widow Agnes of Saxe- Lauenburg the guardianship of her sons Barnim VIII and Swantibor II and of the sons of her brother Barnim VI. , Wartislaw IX. and Barnim VII held. Agnes stood by a regency under cord Bonow aside. Upon reaching adulthood, all heirs to the throne in 1425 was a division of the state in the Duchy of Pomerania - Wolgast. This Barnim VIII and Swantibor received the Duchy of Barth.

Barnim VIII took part in the privateering of Denmark against the Hanseatic League. In 1427 he led on the side of his relatives, the Danish king Eric of Pomerania, the Danish-Swedish fleet, which inflicted a heavy defeat in the Hanseatic Öresund. Then he seized on a convoy of Hanseatic merchant ships who wanted to run into the Baltic Sea.

Barnim VIII also participated in jousting tournaments, where he was joined in 1434 by the Stralsund councilors and later mayor Arnd Voth from the horse. Barnim and Swantibor shared their duchy in 1435 again, with Barnim received the continental part except the city of Stralsund. After the death Swantibors 1440 the island of Rügen fell back at him. In 1441 he acquired the Zingst from Hiddensee monastery. With the consent of his cousins ​​he later pledged his niece Katharine Werle countries Barth, Zingst and Damgarten for 20,000 guilders. 1445 he defended together with Barnim VII, the city Pasewalk against the Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg.

Barnim VIII died of the plague and was buried in New Kamp Monastery.

He was married to Anne of Wunstorf. With her he had the daughter of Agnes (1434-1512), who married 1449, Friedrich ( III.) of Brandenburg, fats, and in 1478 George II of Anhalt.