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Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin
Origins
The partition of the Duchy of Pomerania in 1295 gave Otto I the lands around Stettin (Szczecin) on the lower Oder, while his brother Bogislaw IV took Pomerania-Wolgast. Otto's descendants spent much of the 14th and 15th centuries resisting the Margraviate of Brandenburg's claims to overlordship and to the succession.
Rule and society
Stettin was a Hanseatic port exporting grain, timber and herring, and its burghers often acted independently of the dukes. Bogislaw X, who reunited all Pomerania in 1478, reformed its administration and finances. The Treaty of Grimnitz in 1529 freed the dukes from Brandenburg's feudal claims in exchange for a promise of succession, and Pomerania adopted Lutheranism in 1534.
Decline and legacy
After a new division in 1532, Stettin was ruled by a series of dukes who died without heirs. Bogislaw XIV united both duchies in 1625, but Sweden occupied Pomerania in 1630. On his death in 1637 the Griffin line ended, and in 1648 the lands were divided between Swedish Pomerania and Brandenburg.
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