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anno_fw-la 1608._o who_o successor_n take_v thus_o out_o of_o bertholdus_n and_o dubravius_n the_o king_n and_o duke_n of_o bohemia_n a._n ch._n 1086_o 1_o vratislaus_n the_o brother_n of_o spitignaeus_n duke_n of_o bohemia_n be_v by_o henry_n the_o 4._o at_o metz_n create_v king_n 2_o conrade_n brother_n to_o vratislaus_n notwithstanding_o that_o his_o brother_n have_v 3_o son_n be_v elect_v duke_n of_o bohemia_n 3_o brecislaus_n son_n to_o vratislaus_n the_o two_o son_n of_o conrade_n be_v reject_v be_v by_o the_o bohemian_n choose_a duke_n 1100_o 4_o borivorius_n the_o 4._o son_n of_o brecislaus_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o bohemian_n his_o elder_a brother_n than_o all_o live_n 1109_o 5_o sutopulcus_fw-la cousin_n german_a to_o borivorius_n by_o the_o consent_n and_o favour_n of_o the_o people_n depose_v borivorius_n and_o cause_v himself_o to_o be_v elect_v in_o his_o place_n 6_o vladislaus_n ii_o brother_n to_o borivorius_n prefer_v by_o the_o people_n to_o the_o throne_n before_o 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though_o he_o have_v three_o son_n yet_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o his_o country_n he_o advise_v the_o noble_n after_o his_o death_n to_o elect_v their_o king_n from_o poland_n 1471_o 28_o ladislaus_n ii_o son_n to_o casimire_n king_n of_o polund_n and_o to_o elizabeth_n the_o young_a daughter_n of_o albert_n duke_n of_o austria_n the_o issue_n of_o anne_n the_o elder_a sister_n still_o live_v elect_a king_n of_o bohemia_n 1516_o 29_o ludovicus_n son_n to_o ladislaus_n elect_v and_o crown_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o his_o father_n then_o live_v king_n of_o hungary_n also_o 1526_o 30_o ferdinand_n archduke_n of_o austria_n brother_n to_o charles_n the_o 5._o and_o husband_n to_o anne_n sister_n to_o ludovicus_n by_o his_o letter_n reversall_a acknowledge_v that_o he_o be_v choose_v king_n of_o bohemia_n not_o of_o any_o right_n but_o of_o mere_a freewill_n according_a to_o the_o liberty_n of_o that_o kingdom_n 1565_o 31_o maximilian_n elder_a son_n of_o ferdinand_n be_v in_o his_o father_n life_n time_n and_o at_o his_o
1100_o afterward_o beautify_v and_o enlarge_v by_o adolph_n the_o second_o earl_n of_o holst_n by_o some_o esteem_v the_o founder_n of_o it_o but_o his_o issue_n male_a fail_v in_o the_o year_n 1326_o it_o fall_v by_o compact_n make_v between_o they_o to_o the_o duke_n of_o pomeren_n to_o who_o these_o island_n ever_o since_o have_v continue_v subject_a and_o as_o for_o pomeren_n itself_o the_o old_a inhabitant_n thereof_o be_v part_n of_o the_o rugii_fw-la before_o mention_v the_o reudigni_n longi-nani_a and_o longi-diduni_a with_o part_n of_o the_o heruli_n and_o burgundian_n into_o who_o void_a room_n the_o pomortzi_n and_o other_o tribe_n of_o the_o winithi_o the_o most_o potent_a nation_n of_o the_o sclave_n do_v in_o fine_a succeed_v extend_v their_o dominion_n to_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o vistula_n which_o to_o difference_n it_o from_o pomeren_n be_v call_v pomerella_n but_o that_o part_n of_o it_o be_v give_v by_o mestovinus_n the_o last_o prince_n thereof_o die_v without_o 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the_o pomeranian_o baptize_v by_o otho_n bishop_n of_o bamberg_n anno_fw-la 1124._o 11â8_n 2_o bugislaus_fw-la son_n of_o wartislaus_n create_v by_o frederick_n barbarossa_n the_o first_o duke_n of_o pomeren_n 1188_o 3_o bugislaus_fw-la ii_o son_n of_o bugislaus_fw-la plant_v the_o void_a part_n of_o pomeren_n with_o saxon_a colony_n 1282_o 4_o barnimus_n son_n of_o bogeslaus_n the_o second_o after_o who_o death_n pomeren_n be_v divide_v into_o two_o principality_n duke_n of_o wolgast_n 1277_o 5_o bugislaus_fw-la ii_o son_n of_o barnimus_n 1319_o 6_o wartislaus_n son_n to_o bugislaus_fw-la 1326_o 7_o barnimus_fw-la ii_o 1365_o 8_o wartislaus_n ii_o 1394_o 9_o barnimus_fw-la iii_o 1405_o 10_o wartislaus_n iii_o 1456_o 11_o ericus_n son_n of_o wartislaus_n duke_n of_o stetin_n 1277_o 1_o otho_n duke_n of_o pomeren_n stetin_n 1345_o 2_o casimir_n son_n of_o otho_n 1368_o 3_o casimir_n ii_o son_n of_o casimir_n 1374_o 4_o suartiborus_n brother_n of_o casimir_n 1413_o 5_o casimir_n iii_o 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of_o magdeburg_n prince_n of_o halberstad_n and_o minden_n but_o what_o will_v be_v the_o issue_n of_o these_o conclusion_n future_n time_n must_v show_v the_o arm_n of_o pomeran_n be_v a_o gryphon_n 16._o mecklenbourg_n the_o dukedom_n of_o mecklenburg_n be_v bound_v on_o the_o east_n with_o pomerania_n on_o the_o west_n with_o holstein_n a_o province_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o danemark_n on_o the_o north_n with_o the_o baltic_a sea_n and_o on_o the_o south_n with_o brandenbourg_n and_o saxen-lawenburg_a so_o call_v from_o mecklenburg_n or_o megalopolis_n both_o name_n in_o several_a language_n of_o the_o dutch_a and_o greek_n signify_v a_o great_a city_n a_o great_a town_n of_o that_o name_n here_o be_v in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o heruli_n and_o the_o vandal_n the_o old_a inhabitant_n of_o these_o part_n who_o chief_a city_n it_o be_v but_o on_o their_o leave_v of_o this_o country_n decay_v to_o nothing_o the_o country_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n as_o pomerania_n and_o be_v rich_a 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