List of Danish campaigns in Pomerania

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Danish expeditions of into the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen
DateDestination, notes
1042–1047Rügen, Iumne (destroyed 1043) [1]
1080–1086Rügen [1]
1098 Julin (subdued) [1]
1129 or 1130 Usedom, Julin [2]
1136Pomerania, [3] Rügen (Arkona) [2]
1150Pomerania [3]
Summer 1159 Hiddensee and Barth [4]
Fall 1159Rügen (Arkona) [4]
1160Pomerania, with support of the Rani and Henry the Lion [4]
Spring 1162 Wolgast, defeat of Pomeranian forces, Danes carry off Pomeranian hostages [4]
July 1164 Mecklenburg and Pomerania, together with Henry the Lion who defeats the Wends in the Battle of Verchen [5]
Fall 1164Rügen, devastation of the coastline [5]
April/May 1165Rügen (Arkona, Zudar, Garz), also Pomeranian-claimed territory (Tribsees devastated) [5]
Fall 1165Rügen (Arkona, Jasmund, Mönchgut) [5]
March/April 1166 Tribsees [6]
May 1166 Wolgast, "Ostrozne" (thought to be Wusterhusen). Henry the Lion protests that Valdemar I of Denmark attacked his vassal, Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania. [6]
September/October 1166 Demmin, Wolgast, Usedom [6]
June 1168 Siege of Arkona, Rügen becomes Danish principality. In 1169, Valdemar pledges allegiance to Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (Barbarossa), and in turn is permitted to campaign in Pomerania as he likes. [6]
Fall 1170 Wollin and Kammin, [6] Oder estuary [7]
1171 Tribsees (in May), [6] Circipania [7]
1173"Gorgasia", Wollin, Kammin, Usedom, Stettin. Poland sends relief forces to besieged Bogislaw in Stettin, [6] Denmark nevertheless sacks the burgh, the castellan becomes a Danish vassal. [7]
1174Danish preparations for a further campaign fail, two-year peace settlement with the Wends [8]
June 1177Valdemar demands that Henry the Lion campaigns in Pomerania, Henry besieges Demmin for 10 weeks [8]
1177 Wolgast, Groswin, Demmin, supported by Henry the Lion. [8] Oder Lagoon area. [7]
1178"Ostrozno" (thought to be Wusterhusen, in the spring), [8] Wolgast [7]
Spring 1184On demand of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (Barbarossa), his vassal Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania, mounts a naval attack against Danish vassal Jaromar I, Prince of Rügen, to punish Valdemar's son Kanut for not pledging allegiance to the emperor. Utter defeat of the Pomeranian navy in the Battle of Bay of Greifswald. [9]
Summer 1184 Wolgast and Usedom (unsuccessful), Wollin (destroyed) [9]
After 22 September 1184Pomerania [9]
Late 1184 Tribsees [9]
April/May 1185 Wolgast, Groswin, Kammin. [10] Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania, pledges allegiance to Canut VI of Denmark. [9] [10]
1189 Stettin [10]
1198–1199Danish and Brandenburgian forces under Margrave Otto II fight against each other in Mecklenburg, the Principality of Rügen, and the Peene area. Demmin gets destroyed. [10]
(1214)[ clarification needed ] Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor renounces his claims to the areas east of the Elde and Elbe rivers (including Rügen and Pomerania) in favour of Denmark [11]
(1227)[ clarification needed ]Utter Danish defeat in the Battle of Bornhöved, end of Danish rule in Pomerania, principality of Rügen remains with Denmark. [12]
1228Pomeranians attack and sack Danish-held Wolgast [12]
1233 Demmin sacked by Valdemar II of Denmark [12]
1234 Wartislaw III, Duke of Pomerania and Lübeck attack and sack Danish-held Demmin [12]

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