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    The Swienca family was a medieval Pomeranian noble family which held high offices under various political powers in the Lands of Schlawe and Stolp (Sławno...
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    in the coat of arms of the Puttkamer family, which, according to some historians, is related to Swienca family, although such statement remains debated...
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    Władysław no longer trusted the Pomeranian Swienca family, so despite leaving Peter Swienca, the senior family member, as voivode, the role of governor...
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    with the actual control of the area being in the hands of the local Swienca family who had come into power already under Mestwin II. In 1301, one year...
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    with the actual control of the area being in the hands of the local Swienca family who had come into power already under Mestwin II. In 1301, one year...
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    administration of the noble brothers John, Peter, and Lawrence of the Swienca family, vassals of the Brandenburg margraves since 1308. The Brandenburg margraves...
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    incited by a conspiracy of the Margraviate of Brandenburg with the local Swienca family. Teutonic atrocities against the Polish population followed, such as...
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    the swampy Leniwa Obra river. The estates were held by the Pomeranian Swienca family until 1307; together with nearby Sulechów, they were acquired by Margrave...
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    Schlawe and Stolp. It was originally used in the coat of arms of the Swienca family, which hold powerful offices in the area from 13th to 14th centuries...
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    uncle Otto IV in 1308. In 1307 Waldemar signed an agreement with the Swienca family ceding him the lands of Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania), whereafter Brandenburg...
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  • Gdańsk [pl] Kingdom of Poland Teutonic Order Margraviate of Brandenburg Swienca family Diocese of Kamien Pomorski Diocese of Lebus Victory 1308 Teutonic takeover...
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    Puttkamer (category Puttkamer family)
    The Puttkamer family (also abbreviated to v. Puttkamer) is a widely extended German noble family whose earliest ancestor is first recorded between 1257...
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    Margraviate of Brandenburg and were ruled by the margraves' vassals, the Swienca family, who had administered the area already before under other dynasties...
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    until 1637. Duke Wartislaw IV enfeoffed Peter von Neuenburg of the Swienca noble family with Sławno, who granted the settlement town rights in 1317. The...
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