Pribislaw II

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Pribislaw II
Died After 21 June 1316
Noble family House of Mecklenburg
Spouse(s) Catherine of Pomerania
Father Pribislaw I
Mother A daughter of Richard of Friesack

Pribislaw II (died: after 21 June 1316) was a prince from the Parchim-Richenberg line of the House of Mecklenburg. He was Lord of Białogard from 1270 until his death.

House of Mecklenburg noble family

The House of Mecklenburg, also known as Nikloting, is a North German dynasty that ruled until 1918 in the Mecklenburg region, being among the longest-ruling families of Europe.

Białogard Place in West Pomeranian, Poland

Białogard(listen) is a town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 24,399 inhabitants (2004). The name is a combination of two Slavic (Pomeranian/Kashubian) terms: biały for white and gard for city/town. The capital of Białogard County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, the town was previously in Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998). It is the most important railroad junction of the Middle Pomerania, with two major lines crossing there.

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Life

His father was Pribislaw I, who had lost control of Parchim-Richenberg, but was still Lord of Białogard. His mother was a daughter, whose given name is unknown, of Richard of Friesack.

Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg, was Lord of Parchim-Richenberg from 1238 to 1256.

He married, c. 1269, to Catherine (d. after 1 January 1312), a daughter of Mestwin II and Jutta of Brehna. They had two children:

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When his father died (c. 1276), Pribislaw II inherited the Lordship of Białogard. This was originally a Pomeranian fief. After the Peace of Vierraden, the Margraves of Brandenburg became liege lords of Białogard, as well as of the Lordships of Daber and Welschenburg, with which they also enfeoffed Pribislaw II. However, in 1288 Duke Bogislaw IV occupied the territories. [1]

Pomerania Place

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Margraviate of Brandenburg major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806

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Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania Duke of Pomerania

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In 1289 Pribislaw II donated 200 hides of land to Bukow Abbey. In 1312, he mortgaged Lake Malsche near Starogard Gdański to the Teutonic Knights. In 1313, he fought in the Battle of Stralsund.

Starogard Gdański Place in Pomeranian, Poland

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Stralsund Place in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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Pribislaw II died in 1316. With his death, the Parchim-Richenberg line of the House of Mecklenburg died out in the male line.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rudolf Benl: Pommern bis zur Teilung von 1368/72, in:Werner Buchholz (ed.): Deutsche Geschichte im Osten Europas. Pommern, Siedler Verlag, Berlin, 1999, ISBN   3-88680-272-8, p. 102

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