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Philip I, Duke of Pomerania

1515–1560 · 16th century

Philip I was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1532, when the Pomeranian duchy was divided between him and his uncle Barnim IX. He introduced the Lutheran Reformation in Pomerania in 1534 and married Maria of Saxony, sister of the elector John Frederick.

Philip I, Duke of Pomerania
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