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Otto I, Duke of Pomerania

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Spouse(s)
  
Elizabeth of Holstein

Noble family
  
House of Griffins

Name
  
Otto Duke


Father
  
Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania

Mother
  
Mechtild of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Died
  
December 31, 1344, Kolbacz, Poland

Parents
  
Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania

Children
  
Barnim III, Duke of Pomerania

Grandchildren
  
Swantibor III, Duke of Pomerania, Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania, Bogislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania

Grandparents
  
Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania

Great-grandparents
  
Boguslaw I, Duke of Pomerania, Anastasia of Greater Poland

Otto I, Duke of Pomerania (1279 – 31 December 1344) was Duke of Pomerania-Stettin.

Youngest, and probably posthumous, son of Duke Barnim I and his third wife, Mechtild of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Otto became titular co-ruler at his birth, along with his elder half-brother Barnim II and his much older half-brother Bogislaw IV.

Bogislaw was effectively sole ruler while Barnim and Otto were children, and it was not until 1294 that he shared power with his younger half-brothers. In 1295, with Barnim dead, the brothers divided Pomerania with Otto as ruler of Stettin while Bogislaw received Wolgast.

In 1296 Otto married Elizabeth of Holstein, daughter of Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön. Their children included Barnim III, future Duke of Pomerania, and Mechtild, who married John III, Lord of Werle.

From 1320 his son Barnim (III) was co-ruler with Otto.

References

Otto I, Duke of Pomerania Wikipedia