Wartislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania
Wartislaw VIII (* 1373, † 20 or August 23, 1415 ) was a Duke of Pomerania from the grasping house. He ruled in Pomerania - Wolgast from 1394 together with his brother Barnim VI. , After his death in 1405 alone.
Life
Wartislaw VIII was the second son of Duke Wartislaw VI. of Pomerania - Wolgast. He was initially intended for the clergy, at the age of 14 years, he was awarded the Archdeacon of Tribsees. But in 1393 he left the clergy to marry. To obtain the necessary dispensation, he is said to have made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on the later tradition. Maybe he traveled in August 1392 from together with his cousin Wartislaw VII of Pomerania - Stolp, but had to cancel due to illness the ride.
After the death of his father Wartislaw VI. Reigned 1394 Wartislaw VIII together with his older brother Barnim VI. in Pomerania - Wolgast. In their joint reign, they participated in at times together with the Hanseatic League in the fight against piracy, at times to Duke Barnim VI operated. but also themselves as pirates, which led to a strained relationship with the Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order. Barnim VI. died 1405th
After the death of his brother Wartislaw VIII led the government alone in Pomerania - Wolgast, as guardian for the two sons of his brother, Wartislaw IX. (* 1400) and Barnim VII (c. 1403/1405 ). Wartislaw VIII reached an agreement in March 1406 with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and went on a pilgrimage to Rome. A Golden Rose to him Pope Gregory XII. presented there, Wartislaw handed after his return to the monastery Pudagla, where it was soon revered as miraculous. Later, she was by Abbot Henry (reigned 1479-1493 ) destroyed as they had become the object of idolatrous worship.
In the time of his reign of fire Pape thom Sunde was in the 1407 Stralsund an angry mob burned three priests. He gave an atonement 1409 contract, but the matter could not be resolved definitively.
In the strife of the dukes of Pomerania -Stettin, so Swantibor III. and his sons Otto II and Kasimir V, with the ruling in the Mark Brandenburg Hohenzollern Frederick I was Duke Wartislaw VIII the latter close. He formed an alliance with him and became engaged in 1413 his son Frederick Wartislaw with daughter Margaret; but died Wartislaw 1414/1415 before his father. Wartislaw VIII traveled together with Frederick the Council of Constance, where he was enfeoffed by King Sigismund. However Wartislaw traveled because of riots soon after Pomerania back so that he could not participate in the further course of the Council, in particular the burning of the heretic John Huss.
Duke Wartislaw VIII died on 20 August 1415th He is buried in the St. Peter's Church to Wolgast. After his death, his widow Agnes initially with a her side asked the regency government for Wartislaws sons Barnim VIII and Swantibor IV ( II ) and for Wartislaw IX. and Barnim VII, the sons of his deceased brother, to Wartislaw IX. , the oldest of the four, in 1417 took over the government.
Marriage and issue
Duke Wartislaw VIII married Agnes, the daughter of Duke Eric IV of Saxe- Lauenburg. The marriage produced four children:
- Wartislaw (* around 1398, † 1414/1415 )
- Barnim VIII (c. 1406, † 1451 ) ∞ Anna Wunstorf
- Swantibor IV ( II ) (c. 1408/1410, † 1432/1436 )
- Sophia ( † after 1453 ) ∞ William, Lord of Werle († 1436 )
His widow Agnes died in 1435 and is buried in the monastery Pudagla.