Pomerania (Chaos)

Pomerania was a duchy in the NE of . Originally (if sparely) settled by Slavic people, German settlers went there and gradually took over. Since 1240, this would happen even faster than in OTL. In 1260, the western half of Farther Pomerania (east of Oder river) was germanized, and in 1270, the whole country was.
While the duchy was originally under the influence of nearby, earlier settled , the uprising of anti-king and his latter defeat against in 1328 made Brandenburg lose it again.
1499-1559, Pomerania was split between the lines of Stettin and Wolgast. During the , Pomerania acquired Cammin.
1545, burgrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth defeated the , annexed it, thus forming the duchy of . For this deed, emperor promised him to support his claims for Pomerania too. In 1562, the Greifen dynasty died out, and Pomerania was inherited by the Hohenzollern.
1640, Franconia-Pomerania joined the under King of , Northern and together with and Brandenburg- against Polish or Russian threats. When in 1681 of Hohenzollern died without heirs, the other member states would govern his country in his place, until new found heir started his reign in 1694. In the same year, Franconia-Pomerania became a new electorate instead of Saxony-Wittenberg-Lauenburg, which was united with Brandenburg-Silesia.
The reign of his grandson since 1739 proved bad for Franconia-Pomerania. Under his reign, lots of money was wasted for building palaces and cathedrals. He even tried to sell Farther Pomerania to Sweden or Prussia, which only didn't happen because noone wanted to buy it.
1766/67, Pomerania sent troops to fight in the short , without success. Their participation in the wasn't great either. In the 1784, Sweden-Norway had to cede Mecklenburg to the duke of Pomerania, as an exchange for Franconia lost to the republicans. Duke relocated his court to . In the next years, he'd try to expand his country by interfering in the since 1786; but in 1793, he lost his country in the , which became the . But the new state's end came with the against France in 1818, after which it became a part of united .
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