Zemuzil, Duke of Pomerania
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Zemuzil (fl. 11th Century) is the first historical verified Duke of Pomerania, recorded in 1046 in the Annals of Niederaltaich. In Polish literature the name is sometimes spelled Siemomysł.
The record in 1046 describes him as "Zemuzil dux Bomeranorum", Latin for Duke of the Pomeranians. Zemuzil attended an imperial meeting ("Hoftag") in Merseburg, where Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor had invited the dukes of Bohemia (Bretislav I), Poland (Casimir I) and Pomerania in order to grant judgement in their quarrels, and like the other attendants made presents to the emperor. Little is further known about Zemuzil, giving rise to some speculations in historiography concerning his ancestry (relationship to the House of Pomerania) and realm.[1]
The record reads: "Illuc etiam Bratizlao dux Boemorum, Kazmir Bolaniorum, Zemuzil Bomeranorum advenerunt atque regem donis decentibus honoraverunt" (Annales Altahensis maiorum ad a. 1046, pp.45-46)[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Werner Buchholz, Pommern, Siedler, 1999, pp.23,24, ISBN 3886802728
- ^ Florian Hegger, Böhmen und das Reich in ottonisch-salischer Zeit, GRIN Verlag, 2007, p.48, ISBN 3638742458 [1]
