Eric II, Duke of Pomerania

Eric II
Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
Born	between 1418 and 1425
Died	(1474-07-05)5 July 1474 Wolgast
Noble family	House of Griffin
Spouse(s)	Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp
Issue Detail	Bogislaw X Sophie Catherine
Father	Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg

Eric II or Erich II (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474) was a member of the

.

Life

In 1451, Wartislaw IX arranged his son's marriage to

.

In 1456, Eric took over

, Eric lost the support of the other Pomeranian dukes with this action.

In August 1457, Eric was hunting in the forests near Horst, belonging not to his lands, but to the Hanseatic city of Greifswald. In further disrespect of the city's rights he ordered local peasants to aid him. Greifswald's mayor Heinrich Rubenow led the burghers of Greifswald and Stralsund in an attempt to arrest Eric. Although the burghers captured his guards, Eric managed to escape. Yet, by now he was not only opposed by his co-ruling Pomeranian dukes, but also by the Pomeranian cities.

After the death of his father, Wartislaw IX, later in 1457, Eric received Pomerania-Wolgast together with his younger brother,

and in return became assured of military protection against his brother.

In 1464, Eric's cousin Otto III of Pomerania-Stettin died of the

.

Eric died in 1474 of a plague-like disease. He was buried in Eldena Abbey near Greifswald and was succeeded by his son Bogislaw X.

Marriage and issue

Eric II married

. With his wife, he had nine children:

1. Bogislaw X (1454–1523)
2. Casimir (ca. 1455–1474)
3. Wartislaw (after 1465–1475)
4. Barnim (after 1465–1474)
5. Elisabeth (d. 1516), prioress of Verchen Nunnery
6. Sophie (1460–1504), ∞ Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and -Güstrow (1441–1503)
7. Margaret (d. 1526), ∞ Duke
   Schwerin
8. Catherine (ca. 1465–1526), ∞ Duke Henry IV of Brunswick and Lunenburg (1463–1514), Prince of Wolfenbüttel
9. Mary (d. 1512), abbess of Wollin Nunnery

Ancestors

See also

• List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes
• History of Pomerania
• Duchy of Pomerania
• House of Pomerania

Sources

• Gottfried von Bülow (1877), "Erich II., Herzog von Pommern-Wolgast", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 207–211

Eric II, Duke of Pomerania House of Griffins Born: before 1425 Died: 5 July 1474
Preceded by Wartislaw IX	Duke of Pomerania -Wolgast 1457–1474	Succeeded by Bogislaw X
Preceded by Eric I	Duke of Pomerania -Stolp 1459–1474
Preceded by Otto III	Duke of Pomerania -Stettin 1464–1474