Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania

Ernst Ludwig
Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
Reign14 February 1560 – 17 June 1592
PredecessorPhilip I
SuccessorPhilipp Julius
Born(1545-11-20)20 November 1545
Wolgast
Died17 June 1592(1592-06-17) (aged 46)
Wolgast
SpouseSophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Names
German: Ernst Ludwig von Pommern
Polish: Ernest Ludwik wołogoski
HouseHouse of Griffin
FatherPhilip I, Duke of Pomerania
MotherMaria of Saxony

Ernst Ludwig (20 November 1545,[1] in Wolgast – 17 June 1592, in Wolgast)[2][3] was duke of Pomerania from 1560 to 1592.[4] From 1569 to 1592, he was duke in the Teilherzogtum Pomerania-Wolgast,[5] sharing the rule over the Duchy of Pomerania with his older brother Johann Friedrich, duke in the other Teilherzogtum Pomerania-Stettin and bishop of Cammin.[6]

  1. ^ Classen (2002), p.363
  2. ^ Thümmel (2002), p.87
  3. ^ Essegern (2007), p.59
  4. ^ Gryse&Pettke (1997), p.180
  5. ^ Mager (1986), p.83
  6. ^ Nicklas (2002), p.135

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