Barnut

Barnuta was born in the second half of the 12th century in the principality of Rügen. He was the son of Jaromar I, Prince Rugen and his first wife, Princess Hildegarde of Denmark. The first mention of it in a written source refers to 1193 .

OK. 1200 year, he received a inheritance, the area between the river Rick and Stralsund - Gistrov and the island of Koos. He managed to protect these lands from the claims of the Dukes of Pomerania . After the death of his father, Jaromar I in 1218, Barnut became the prince of Rugen, but in 1221 he lost the throne to Wislaw I , and until his death formally remained co-ruler of his brother. He retired to his inheritance, where he founded the castle Gardist, or Garchen.

Barnuta died in 1236 in Girov.

According to the Pomeranian Chronicle by Thomas Kantsov, Barnut was married to Princess Slawomir Gückowski, daughter of Mislav II, Prince Gützkowski, from whom he had two sons, who became the founders of von Gristov, a side branch of Rügen House.

• Dobeslav von Gristov (1237–1249)
• Johann von Gristov ( 1237 - 1265 or 1289 )

• Gunnar Möller . Geschichte und Besiedlung der Terra Gristow vom 7. bis 14. Jahrhundert. // Beiträge zur Geschichte Vorpommerns: die Demminer Kolloquien 1985–1994. - Schwerin: Thomas Helms Verlag, 1997. - ISBN 3-931185-11-7 .

• The children of Jaromar I. on the private website of Jensa Ruge Wislawyda are the Slavic princes Rugen .