Svyatobor I ( Polish Świętobor pomorski ; died in 1107 ) [1] - Prince of Pomerania at the end of the XI - beginning of the XII century .
| Svyatobor I | ||||
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| polish Świętobor (książę pomorski) | ||||
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| Predecessor | Semysmysl (?) | |||
| Successor | Vartislav I (?) | |||
| Birth | is unknown | |||
| Death | 1107 | |||
| Kind | Grifichi | |||
| Father | Semysmysl (?) | |||
| Children | sons: Vartislav I (?) Svyatopolk I (?) Ratibor I (?) | |||
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Biography
Representative of the Grifich dynasty. The son or grandson of the Pomeranian prince Zemomysl . There is no information about the beginning of his reign. Continuing the policy of his predecessor, he recognized the supremacy of the Holy Roman Empire . He probably tried to free himself from dependence on the part of the Polish kingdom .
The 12th-century Polish chronicler Gall Anonymous reported that Pomeranian Prince Svyatobor was removed from power and imprisoned. His relative, the Polish prince Boleslav III Krivoustoy , came to help him. In 1105/1106 , the Pomeranians released Svyatobor from prison, and the Polish prince returned home. There are no more sources about the further fate of Prince Svyatobor.
Most likely, the possessions of Prince Svyatobor were in Western Pomerania (near Kolobrzeg or further west), bordering the Lubusz land , which was part of Poland.
Svyatobor could be a descendant of the prince of Pomerania Zemomysl (mentioned in 1046 ). According to some historians, Svyatobor was the ancestor of the West Pomeranian clan Svyatoborochy, a side branch of the Pomeranian dynasty Grifich . The first princes of Pomerania - Vartislav I and Ratibor I were close relatives of Svyatobor, like Svyatopolk of Gdansk , who, according to Gallus Anonymous , was a relative of the Polish prince Boleslav Krivousy . Until recently, the most popular was the hypothesis that his ancestor was Prince of Gdansk , mentioned in the legend of St. Wojciech . This prince was supposed to marry a representative of the Piast dynasty. The medievalist Gerard Lyabuda resolutely rejected the last hypothesis of the relationship between Svyatobor and the Polish princely dynasty Piast .
In the latest Polish historiography, the prevailing opinion is that Zemomysl , Svyatobor and Svyatopolk were the descendants of one of the younger half-brothers of the Polish king Boleslaw the Brave - Svyatopolk (according to Edward Rimar ) or Lambert (according to the hypotheses of Blazhey Slivinsky and Jozef Dobos ) [2] .
According to the historiography of the 19th century , Svyatobor was probably the father of the Pomeranian princes Bartislav I , Svyatopolk I and Ratibor I. Genealogy specialist Edward Rimar in the Rodovod of Pomeranian princes partially rejected this hypothesis. Svyatobor Pomeranian died in 1107 [3] .
Notes
- ↑ E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, ss. 87-89.
- ↑ E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, ss. 72-73.79, 87-89.90-91.
- ↑ E. Rymar, Rodowód książąt pomorskich, ss. 87-89, 90-91, 216-217.
Sources
- Labuda, G., Świętobór, ks. pomorski, Słownik starożytności słowiańskich, T. 5, 1975, s. 583.
- Rymar E., Rodowód książąt pomorskich, T. 1, Szczecin 1995; Suplement, Gdańsk 2003.
- Rymar E., Rodowód książąt pomorskich, Szczecin 2005, ISBN 83-87879-50-9 .