Jaromar II, Prince of Rügen

Jaromar II (* 1218, † August 20, 1260 ) was a prince of Rügen.

Life

On November 8, 1231 Jaromars name was first mentioned. As of September 28, 1246, he was co-regent with his father, the Prince Wizlaw I. In the first years of his reign he strove for peaceful relationships with Pomerania, in particular with the princes of Gützkow, vassals of the gripping Dukes Barnim I and III Wartislaw. He promoted trade by abolishing the beach and right Lubeck merchant ships promised safe conduct. After 1249 commissioned by the city of Lübeck troops destroyed the city of Stralsund, a four-year privateering ships in Lubeck was the result. The Lübeck were canceled until they finally decided to pay compensation all the privileges previously granted.

Jaromar II extended the possession of the Cistercian monasteries located in the land of mountains, Neuenkamp monastery and Hilda. He donated the land in 1252 Reddevitz (also: Radevice, the Moenchgut ) the monastery Hilda at Greifswald. He promoted the establishment of monastic orders in Stralsund, the Dominicans, who founded the Monastery of Saint Catherine, and the Franciscans was founded in 1254 St. John's Abbey. In 1255 he gave Barth and 1258 Damgarten the Lubeck city law.

For the intra- Danish dispute between the Danish krone and the Archbishops Jakob Erlandsen of Lund and Peder Bang Roskilde Jaromar II was an ardent partisan of the religious side. He landed with the rügische into exile fled to Schaprode Peder Bang in April 1259 on the main Danish island of Zealand. His army conquered in May of Copenhagen; while it probably also committed serious acts of violence. The largest part of Copenhagen is to be burnt after looting. After the sudden death of King Christoffer in Ribe in May 1259 Queen Dowager Margaret Sambiria mobilized a seeländisches peasant army, which was defeated by Jaromars troops at Næstved. After the devastation of Zealand, Lolland and Skåne he landed with his troops on Bornholm and destroyed there the royal fortress Lille Borg. On Bornholm or in Skåne stabbed him in 1260 a woman with a dagger for revenge. His burial place is unknown - perhaps in Bergen auf Rügen convent or monastery Neuenkamp in Pommern.

At the former fights recall today the Jarmers Plads ( Jaromarsplatz ) and the Jarmers Tårn ( Jaromarsturm ) in Copenhagen.

Progeny

He married before 1248 Euphemia of Pomerania, daughter of Swantopolk II are your children:

• Margaret of Pomerania Rügen (* around 1247, † 1272 ), married in 1260 Erich I of Schleswig (House Estridsson )
• Wizlaw II (* 1240, † 1302), reigning Prince from 1260
• Jaromar III. ( * Before 1249, † before 1285), co-regent of Wizlaw II