Samborides

The Samborides ( _de. Samboriden) or House of Sobiesław ( _pl. Sobiesławice) were a Pomeranian dynasty which ruled from 1155 to 1294 in Pomerelia, at which time the dynasty died out. Pomerelia is a historical region in the today's Gdańsk Pomerania area. It reached partially up to the western bank of the Vistula River, but never to the eastern bank.

In medieval Latin, at the time of the Duchy of Pomerelia the region was referred to as Pomerania, although there were distinct Pomeranian duchies in the West, also referred to as "Slavia", which were ruled by the non-related Griffin House of Pomerania dynasty whose dukes were entiteled "Dukes of Pomerania" just as the Pomerelian ones. In Polish usage, "Pomorze" (Pomerania) is even preferrably used for Pomerelia. This may cause some confusion, as after the Samborides extinction the title "Duke of Pomerania" as well as the term "Duchy of Pomerania" would be used for the Griffin dukes and their duchies exclusively.

The dynasty received their titles ("Herzog", meaning duke) and liens from the Holy Roman Empire. The Polish name "House of Sobieslaw" derives from Sobieslaw I, while "Samborides" as used in English and German derives from his probable son, Sambor I. Because records concerning Sobieslaw I, the father of Sambor, are scant, the noble ancestry starts with Sambor.

Samborides ancestry

#Sobieslaw I (Subislaw), Duke of Pomerelia about 1155–1187
##Sambor I, Duke of Pomerelia 1187–1207
###Sobieslaw II (Subislaw), died young
##Mestwin I, "the Peaceful", Duke of Pomerelia 1207–1220
###Swantopolk II the Great, Duke of Pomerelia 1220–1266
####Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerelia 1266–1294
#####Katharina, ∞ duke Pribislaw von Mecklenburg-Parchim
####Wartislaw II (Wratislaw), († 1271), Duke of Pomerelia-Gdansk (Danzig) until 1269
###Wartislaw I (Wratislaw), Duke of Pomerelia-Swiecie (Schwetz) 1220-1229
###Sambor II, Duke of Pomerelia-Lubiszewo (Liebschau) 1220–1272, ∞ Mechthild of Mecklenburg, daughter of Henry Borwin II of Mecklenburg
####Margaret Sambiria (1230–1282), ∞ Christopher I, king of Denmark
####Euphemie ∞ duke Boleslaw of Silesia
####Salome ∞ duke Semovit of Kujavia
####Jolanthe
####Gertrude
###Ratibor, Duke of Pomerelia
###Witoslawa, Zuckau abbey
###Miroslawa, ∞ Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania of the House of Pomerania (Griffins)
###Hedwig, ∞ duke Wladyslaw Odonicz of Greater Poland