Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania
Sophia of Pomerania- Stolp( 1435 – 24 August 1497), was a Duchess of Pomerania by birth, and married to Eric II, Duke of Pomerania.
Sophia was the daughter of Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania and Maria of Masovia.
In 1446, her father died and was succeeded by his cousin, Eric of Pomerania, former King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Sophia became the heir of Eric of Pomerania's private fortune.
In 1451, Sophia was married to Eric of Pomerania- Wolgast, making her spouse the heir of Eric of Pomerania's territories, while Sophia remained the heir of Eric of Pomerania's private fortune.
At the death of Eric of Pomerania in 1459, Sophia's husband united Pomerania through the inheritance of Pomerania- Stolp and Pomerania- Rügenwalde by his marriage, while Sophia became the sole possessor of the vast fortune brought by Eric of Pomerania from his former kingdoms in Scandinavia, as well as the wealth he had acquired by his piracy activity on Gotland.
As Eric refused to allow Sophia any of the political power over the territories he acquired through her, which she felt she was entitled to, the couple separated.
Sophia moved to Rügenwalde Castle with her children and her lover, Hans of Maszerski.
In 1470, she refused to finance her husband's war with Brandenburg.
She was widowed in 1474.
According to an old legend, she was to have poisoned her sons Wratislaw and Casimir, but when she tried to the same with her son Bogislaw with a poisoned sandwich, he was warned by his jester.
The sandwich was given to a dog, who died, after which Sophia was to have fled to Danzig.
Leopold Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard
Leopold Frederick, Duke of Württemberg- Montbéliard( 30 May 1624 in Montbéliard – 15 June 1662 in Montbéliard) was a son of Duke Louis Frederick and his first wife, Elisabeth Magdalena of Hesse- Darmstadt.
He succeeded his father in 1631.
He married Sibylle, the youngest daughter of Duke John Frederick of Württemberg.
The marriage remained childless.
He died in 1662 and was succeeded by his half- brother George II.
Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania
Ernst Ludwig (20 November 1545, Wolgast – 17 June 1592, Wolgast) was duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1592.
From 1569 to 1592, he was duke in the "Teilherzogtum" Pomerania-Wolgast, sharing the rule over the Duchy of Pomerania with his older brother Johann Friedrich, duke in the other "Teilherzogtum" Pomerania-Stettin and bishop of Cammin.
Barnim VII, Duke of Pomerania
Barnim VII( 1390 – 22 September 1450 in Wolgast) was the son of Duke Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania.
He was from 1425 Duke of Pomerania- Wolgast- Demmin and later also Duke of Pomerania- Barth.
He supported his brother Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania against Brandenburg.
Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania
Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania (14 June 1580 – 23 February 1649), was a Duchess consort of Courland by marriage to Friedrich Kettler.
Elisabeth Magdalena was the daughter of Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
She married the Duke of Courland, Friedrich Kettler, on 14 March 1600.
She participated in the politics of the Duchy as the adviser to her spouse during the difficult times when Courland was at war with Sweden and Poland and when there was unrest among the nobility in Courland against the ducal reign.
In 1616, her brother-in-law was deposed by the local nobility, and her husband was elected sole ruler of Courland the following her.
Elisabeth Magdalena actively participated in this affair.
She negotiated with her German relatives to have her brother-in-law rehabilitated, and in 1619, she visited the Sejm in Warsaw to that effect.
During the war with Sweden, she became known for her charity, and protected schools and hospitals.
She was childless, and became the foster mother of her brother-in-law's son Jacob Kettler.
She actively worked for Jacob to be appointed the successor and heir to the Duchy, an effort which proved to be successful when he succeeded her spouse in 1642.
As a widow, she settled at Dobele Castle, where she died.
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Question: Where did Elisabeth Magdalena Of Pomerania's father die?
Answer: Wolgast