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Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania

c. 1400–1457 · 15th century

Wartislaw IX was duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, of the Griffin dynasty, from the 1410s until his death in 1457. He supported the founding of the University of Greifswald in 1456 by the burgomaster Heinrich Rubenow, one of the oldest universities of northern Europe. During his reign the Pomeranian duchies were drawn into conflicts with Brandenburg and the Hanseatic towns.

Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania
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