Jaromar II of Rügen

Jaromar II of Rügen (in German Jaromar II. , in Danish Jaromar 2. af Rügen , in Polish Jaromar II ) was born towards 1218 and is deceased the August 20th 1260. It is prince of Rügen.

Biography

The name of Jaromar is mentioned for the first time in a document dated from the November 8th 1231. Starting from the September 28th 1246, it exerts the Régence in the name of his/her father Wislaw I {{er}} of Rügen.

At the beginning of its regency, Jaromar endeavors to establish good relations with the princes of Gützkow, vassal of the Duc S Barnim I {{er}} the Good and Warcisław III of Poméranie. He encourages the maritime Commerce. In 1249, following the destruction of the town of Stralsund by troops with the pay of Lübeck, a naval war four years opposes Rügen to Lübeck. All the Privilèges which had been granted to the town of Lübeck are removed until the city pays a compensation for Rügen.

Jaromar II gives new grounds to the Abbaye S Cistercien born from Bergen, Neuenkamp (today Franzburg) and river Hilda (today abbey Eldena, close to Greifswald). To this last abbey, it gives the Péninsule Mönchgut. He encourages the installation of monastic orders with Stralsund: the Dominicain S found the Monastère Sainte Catherine ( Katharinenkloster ) in 1251 and the Franciscain S found the monastery Saint Jean ( Johanniskloster ) in 1254. Jaromar grants the Droit of Lübeck to Barth (1255) and to Damgarten (1258). At the time of the conflict opposing the Archbishop Lund Jakob Erlandsen and the bishop of Roskilde Peder Bang to the king Christophe I {{er}} of Denmark, Jaromar supports the Église fanatically. Accompanied by Peder Bang which had had to be exiled with Schaprode (on the island of Rügen), Jaromar and its army unload in April 1259 on Zeeland, the largest island of the Denmark. Jaromar plunders Copenhagen in May 1259. After the death of king Christophe Ier, his widow Marguerite Sambiria ensures regency and sets up an army made up of peasants come from Zeeland. This army is demolished by Jaromar close to Næstved. After having devastated Zeeland, Jaromar and its men the Scanie and the island of Lolland devastate. On the island of Bornholm, they destroy the strong Château royal of Lilleborg. On Bornholm or in Scanie, Jaromar is stabbed by a woman in 1260. Its place of burial is unknown. Today, the Toponymie still refers to this military countryside of Jaromar II. Thus, in Copenhagen, one finds the place of Jaromar ( Jarmers Plads ) and the tower Jaromar ( Jarmers Tårn ).

Family and descent

Jaromar II married in 1248 Euphémie de Poméranie, the girl of Świętopełk II of Poméranie, which gave him three children:

Marguerite (° towards 1247, † 1272), wife of Eric I {{er}} of Schleswig
Wislaw (° towards 1240, † 1302)
Jaromar (° before 1249, † before 1285), reign with Wislaw II

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