Otto II, Duke of Pomerania
Otto II (* 1380, † March 27, 1428 ) was a Duke of Pomerania -Stettin from the grasping house.
Life and achievements
Otto II was the eldest son of Duke Swantibor III. (I.), who ruled the Duchy of Pomerania -Stettin in Pomerania part, and his wife Anna of Hohenzollern.
When Otto was about 20 years old, his father tried to make him Archbishop of Riga; this is supported as archbishop against the will of the Teutonic Order, the John of Wallenrode. Otto was indeed confirmed in 1394 by King Wenceslas and went to Dorpat in 1396, where he formed an alliance with the Grand Duke Witold of Lithuania. In the following years, however, the German Order prevailed, Otto returned to Pomerania back and the episode had no consequences for him.
Duke Swantibor, Otto's father, since 1409 the governor was the center mark, a part of the Mark Brandenburg. When Frederick VI. was appointed by Nuremberg, later Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I, King Sigismund to the Supreme captain and manager of the brands, but Swantibor clung to his post as governor of the Central Mark, it came to war between the two sides. Duke Swantibor himself retired in 1412 back and left the government to his sons Otto II and Casimir V. (VI. ) In the Battle of Kremmer Damm ( 1412 ) fought Otto II and his brother Casimir V. personally against Brandenburg. On June 21, 1413 died Duke Swantibor III. ; Otto II and his brother Casimir V. jointly acquired the dominion of Pomerania -Stettin. The fights with Brandenburg continued. 1415 Friedrich procured at King Sigismund the imperial ban against Otto II and Casimir V.
On December 16, 1415 Otto II and Casimir V. joined in Eberswalde peace with Frederick I of Brandenburg. For a monetary compensation they gave up the Uckermark on Boitzenburg and Zehdenick. However, the fights with Brandenburg with changing output continued during the following years. Otto II succeeded in 1419 the conquest of the city Prenzlau, but suffered in 1420 Angermuende a crushing defeat, as a result he lost Prenzlau again. 1425 succeeded Otto II and Casimir V. surprise attack by again taking Prenzlau which they did already in 1426 lost again.
The imperial immediacy of Pomerania was provided by Brandenburg in question. First of Otto II could only get a investiture at King Sigismund in 1417, which was subject to the rights of Brandenburg. However, 1424 could obtain from the emperor a full investiture Otto's brother Casimir V..
1426 Frederick I put down the rule in Brandenburg in favor of his eldest son John. With this, the Dukes Otto II and Casimir V. reconciled They closed 1426 a peace which was supplemented on June 16, 1427 Templin through a land of peace alliance of all Pomeranian dukes with Margrave John of Brandenburg.
Otto II died on 27 March 1428. Casimir V. His brother continued the domination of Pomerania -Stettin continued alone.
Family
Otto II was married to Agnes of Mecklenburg, daughter of Duke John II of Mecklenburg- Stargard. They had no children.
Occasionally, an alleged previous marriage Otto is called a daughter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania. In the estimation of historian Martin Wehrmann, these are " probably a rumor ," which was created on the occasion of Otto alliance with Grand Duke Witold of Lithuania.