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Adalbert of Pomerania (German: Adalbert or Albert von Pommern, Polish: Wojciech I) (born before 1124; died 1162) was the first bishop of the 12th century Pomeranian bishopric, with its see in Wolin (also Jumne, Julin). He was a monk of the Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg and former chaplain to Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, whence he knew the Pomeranian language of the temporarily Polish-subjugated West Slavic population, whereas the Joms Vikings and other Germanic inhabitants of the Pomeranian coast understood his old German language.

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Adalbert of Pomerania

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Adalbert of Pomerania (German: Adalbert or Albert von Pommern, Polish: Wojciech I) (born before 1124; died 1162) was the first bishop of the 12th century...

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Adalbert

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Archbishop of Magdeburg Adalbert of Mainz (died 1137), Archbishop of Mainz Adalbert of Pomerania (1124–1162), Pomeranian bishop Adalbert of Prague (956–997)...

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Duchy of Pomerania

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Duchy of Pomerania (German: Herzogtum Pommern; Polish: Księstwo pomorskie; Latin: Ducatus Pomeraniae) was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the...

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Of Pomerania

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of Pomerania (Polish: Pomorski, Pomorska, Danish: af Pommern, German: von Pommern) may be a cognomen of the following persons: Adalbert of Pomerania (c...

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Christianization of Pomerania

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Polish dukes. Adalbert of Pomerania, the later Pomeranian bishop, participated in Otto's mission as an interpreter and assistant. On Otto of Bamberg's behalf...

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Wendish Crusade

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Bishop Adalbert of Pomerania and Duke Ratibor I of Pomerania. The Wendish Crusade achieved mixed results. While the Saxons affirmed their possession of Wagria...

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1162

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– Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona (b. 1114) September 27 – Odo II, duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) Adalbert of Pomerania, German missionary and bishop...

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Otto of Bamberg

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companion, Adalbert of Pomerania, consecrated as Bishop of Wolin, in 1140. The area of western Prussia around Danzig was Christianized via Pomerania as well...

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Bishopric of Cammin

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Rome. Adalbert and Ratibor I founded Stolpe Abbey at the side of Wartislaw I's assassination by a pagan in 1153, the first monastery in Pomerania. The...

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Pomerania during the High Middle Ages

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Pomerania during the High Middle Ages covers the history of Pomerania in the 12th and 13th centuries. The early 12th century Obodrite, Polish, Saxon,...

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1160s

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– Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona (b. 1114) September 27 – Odo II, duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) Adalbert of Pomerania, German missionary and bishop...

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Demographic history of Pomerania

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were baptized by Adalbert of Prague in the Vistula Delta. By that time Slavs had moved up north and the territory became known as Pomerania by 1046 AD. The...

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Nis Puk

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(formerly) German-speaking regions of Pomerania and Neumark, belonging partially or completely to Poland today. Variations of its name are Nißpuk, Niß-Puck...

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Congress of Gniezno

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tribes, Bishop Adalbert of Prague was quickly canonized by the common effort of Duke Bolesław I and Emperor Otto III. Thus, Adalbert became the first...

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Bruno of Querfurt

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the seat of Adalbert of Magdeburg, the teacher and namesake of Adalbert of Prague. While still a youth, he was made a canon of the Cathedral of Magdeburg...

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State of the Teutonic Order

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Livonia, Estonia, Neumark, Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania), Prussia and Samogitia. Following the battles of Grunwald in 1410 and Wilkomierz in 1435, the...

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Sobieslaw

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(d. 1004), a brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia Sobieslaw I, Duke of Pomerania Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia Sobiesław Zasada...

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Usedom Abbey

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medieval Premonstratensian monastery on the isle of Usedom (Western Pomerania, Germany) near the town of Usedom. It was founded in Grobe and later moved...

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Theodor Billroth

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founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and confidant of Johannes Brahms, a leading patron of the Viennese musical...

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Casimir I the Restorer

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to reunite parts of the Kingdom of Poland after a period of turmoil. He reincorporated Masovia, and conquered Silesia and Pomerania. However, he failed...

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Frederick the Great

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Pomerania, and Farther Pomerania in the east of the Empire; and the Kingdom of Prussia, the former Duchy of Prussia, outside of the Empire bordering the...

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Frozza Orseolo

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1071) was a Margravine of Austria by marriage to Adalbert, Margrave of Austria. She was also a member of the Venetian House of Orseolo. Frozza was born...

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Andrzej Niegolewski

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fought in Pomerania with the capture of Tczew and the Siege of Gdańsk in 1807. In the summer of 1807, he joined the Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial...

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