Noble family House of Griffins Mother Maria of Saxony | Name Bogislaw Duke | |
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Spouse(s) Clara of Brunswick-Luneburg
Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Father Philip I, Duke of Pomerania Born 9 August 1544 ( 1544-08-09 ) Died March 7, 1606, Szczecin, Poland Children Bogislaw XIV, Duke of Pomerania Parents Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania Grandparents John, Elector of Saxony Great-grandparents Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania | ||
Education University of Greifswald | ||
Bogislaw XIII (Bogusław XIII) of Pomerania (9 August 1544 – 7 March 1606, Stettin; Polish: Szczecin), son of Philip I and Maria of Saxony, was a prince of Stettin and Wolgast, and a member of the Griffins.
Bogislaw studied at the University of Greifswald at the age of 14. At first, he was co-regent with his brother Johann Friedrich of Pomerania-Wolgast, but in 1569 he settled with control over Barth and Neuenkamp. There, he founded a printing house in 1582, publishing in 1588 the "Barther Bible", a bible in the Low German language, as translated by Johannes Bugenhagen. In 1587 he founded Franzburg to compete with Stralsund.
From 1603 until his death, he ruled in Pomerania-Stettin, which he inherited under the Inheritance Treat of Jasenitz of 1509 in case his two brothers John Frederick (d. 1600) and Barnim X (d. 1603) would both die childless. He kept his residence in Barth, and his eldest son, Philip II, acted as governor in Stettin.
He is remembered as a wise ruler, knowledgeable in the areas of economics and governance.
He married twice: first to Clara of Brunswick-Lüneburg, daughter of Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, then to Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. He had eleven children, among which, from his first marriage: