Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania

Barnim IV of Pomerania
Born	1325
Died	22 August 1365
Noble family	House of Griffin
Spouse(s)	Sophie of Werle
Issue	Wartislaw VI Bogislaw VI Elisabeth
Father	Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin

Barnim IV of Pomerania (1325 – 22 August 1365) was a Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen.

Life

He was the second son of Duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and the brother of Bogislaw V and Wartislaw V.

He married Sophie of Werle (1329–1364), the daughter of John II of Werle. They had two sons, Wartislaw VI and Bogislaw VI, and a daughter, Elisabeth, who married Duke Magnus I of Mecklenburg.

He inherited Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen when his father died in 1326. He was one year old at the time. He shared a guardian with his brother Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen.

Emperor Charles IV granted Barnim IV Imperial immediacy in 1348.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania

16. Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania 8. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania 17. Miroslawa of Pomerelia 4. Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania 18. John I of Adensen 9. Margaret of Adenoys 19. Margaret of Schauenburg 2. Wartislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania 20. Jaromar II, Prince of Rügen 10. Vitslav II, Prince of Rügen 21. Euphemia of Pomerelia-Gdańsk 5. Margaret of Rugia 22. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 11. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 23. Matilda of Brandenburg 1. Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania 24. Gebhard of Lindow 12. Günther I of Londow-Ruppin 25. Hedwig Hirscher-Siebenburgen 6. Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin 26. Vitslav I, Prince of Rügen 13. Euphemia of Rugia 27. Margaret Sverker 3. Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin 28. Henry of Schladen 14. Meinhard of Schladen 29. Lukard 7. Adelaide of Schladen 30. Herman of Werberg 15. Adelaide of Werberg 31. Willibirg of Wernigerode

External links

• Genealogy mittelalter.de