Bogislav VIII
| Bogislaw VIII | |
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| Duke of Pomerania | |
Seal of Bogislaw VIII (1403)
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| Born | c. 1364 |
| Died | 11 February 1418 |
| Noble family | House of Griffins |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie of Holstein |
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| Father | Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania |
| Mother | Adelheid of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Bogislaw VIII (c. 1364 – 11 February 1418), a member of the House of Griffins, was Duke of Pomerania ruling in Pomerania-Stolp from 1395 until his death. He also served as administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin from 1387 and as Cammin Prince-bishop from 1394 to 1398.
Bogislaw was a younger son of Duke Bogislaw V of Pomerania from his second marriage with the Welf princess Adelheid, a daughter of Duke Ernest I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Upon the partition of the Duchy of Pomerania in 1368/72, his father received the eastern lands around Stolp (Słupsk). Upon his death in 1374, he was succeeded by his first-born son Casimir IV of Pomerania, Bogislaw's half-brother and, by his mother Elizabeth, a grandson of King Casimir III of Poland. After Duke Casimir IV was killed while fighting for the Polish inheritance against his Piast cousin Prince Władysław the White three years later, Bogislaw became co-ruler of Pomerania-Stolp, together with his brothers Wartislaw VII and Barnim V.
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