Principality of Rügen
The Principality of Rügen was a Danish principality, formerly a duchy, consisting of the island of Rügen and the adjacent mainland from 1168 until 1325. It was governed by a local dynasty of princes of the Wizlawiden (House of Wizlaw) dynasty. For at least part of this period, Rügen was subject to the Holy Roman Empire.
Principality of Rügen | |||||||||
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| 1168–1325 | |||||||||
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13th century borders of the principality of Rügen | |||||||||
| Status | Vassal of Denmark State of the Holy Roman Empire* | ||||||||
| Capital | Charenza (before 1180) Rugard (1180–1325) | ||||||||
| Common languages | East Pomeranian German, Polabian | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Slavic Paganism | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1168 | |||||||||
| 1325 | |||||||||
| 1648 | |||||||||
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* Rügen may not always have been a state of the Empire, but was continuously a fief of Denmark. | |||||||||
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