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  1. After the death of the last Pomeranian duke, Boguslaw XIV, Stettin was awarded to Sweden with the western part of the duchy in the Peace of Westphalia (1648), but remained part of the Holy Roman Empire.

  2. Feb 29, 2024 · The locality would change hands frequently between the Poles and the German-fronted Holy Roman empire over the next two centuries. The area between Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg) and Szczecin was founded by Duke Wartislaw I in 1121 as the 'Duchy of Pomerania', and the dynasty known as the 'House Of Griffin' was born.

  3. The Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin, also known as the Duchy of Stettin, and the Duchy of Szczecin, was a feudal duchy in Farther Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Szczecin. It was ruled by the Griffin dynasty.

  4. Legally, no kingdoms could exist in the Holy Roman Empire except for Bohemia and Italy. However, Frederick took the line that since Prussia had never been part of the empire and the Hohenzollerns were fully sovereign over it, he could elevate Prussia to a kingdom.

  5. Buffeted on either side by the Holy Roman empire in the west and the early Polish states in the east, a number of minor Pomeranian states rose and fell before a German duchy was established towards the west of the region.

  6. Sep 20, 2015 · From 1227-1806, this house were vassals to the Holy Roman Empire. The castle you see now was originally built in 1346, after Barnim III “The Great”, broke with the city’s nobles and began construction of a stone house on the hill. There, he also built St. Otto’s Church beside the new castle, which was also the necropolis of the Ducal family.

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  8. Jun 27, 2024 · The latter was quick to clarify in his memoirs that even though Prussia was his fatherland, he was no ‘Prussian bigot or particularist’ because of his family's wider roots in the history of the Holy Roman Empire.