Barnim IV, Duke of Pomerania


Barnim IV of Pomerania was a Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen.

Life

He was the second son of Duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and the brother of Bogislaw V and Wartislaw V.
He married Sophie of Werle, the daughter of John II of Werle. They had two sons, Wartislaw VI and Bogislaw VI, and a daughter, Elisabeth, who married Duke Magnus I of Mecklenburg.
He inherited Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen when his father died in 1326. He was one year old at the time. He shared a guardian with his brother Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast-Rügen.
Emperor Charles IV granted Barnim IV Imperial immediacy in 1348.

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