Zapiska obituarna księcia Eryka I Pomorskiego (1449–1459)
Obituary Notice of Eric I, Duke of Pomerania (1449–1459)

Summary/Abstract: In the Polish historiography the death date of Eric I, Duke of Pomerania (1449–1459), differs from the one in the German historiography, and the difference has inspired the author to write this article, which includes an obituary notice – so far unknown – concerning the Duke. The notice has been found in the records of the Cathedral Chapter in Kamień Pomorski (German: Cammin), which are kept in the State Archives in Szczecin. More precisely, the notice is to be found on the first folio of one of the lists of the benefices pertaining to the Cathedral Church in Kamień. Thanks to the notice the death date of Eric I, one of the rulers of the states which were parts of the Kalmar Union, seems not to have fallen – as most researchers assumed – between May 3 and June 16, 1459. The obituary notice unmistakably indicates that the ruler must have died on May 23, 1459 in Darłowo, where he was also buried.

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