* During the reign of Mieszko II Pomerelia seceded from Poland and became independent.

* 1227: Pomerelia again became an independent Duchy.

This was especially the case in Pomerelia, where the Slavic population became known as Kashubians and their language accordingly as Kashubian.

1309 – German Teutonic Order rule: Eastern Pomerania ( often known as Pomerelia ), became much absorbed into the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights

After the Thirteen Years ' War ( 1454 – 66 ) that resulted wit the Second Peace of Thorn ( 1466 ), Pomerelia became part of the Polish province of Royal Prussia and reamained as part of Poland until 1772, with a degree of autonomy until 1569.

When the line became extinct about 1227, their estates were the matter of an inheritance conflict between the Griffin Duke Barnim I the Good and Swantopolk II from the Samborid dynasty, who ruled over the adjacent territories of Pomerelia in the east.

He fought his younger brother and uncles until he emerged victorious and finally became the principal Pomerelia prince and sole ruler in 1273.

By the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466, Pomerelia and the Prussian Culm ( Chełmno ) and Marienburg ( Malbork ) lands as well as the autonomous Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ( Ermland ) became the Polish province of Royal Prussia, which received special rights, especially in Danzig ( Gdańsk ).

The annexed voivodeships of Pomerania ( i. e. Pomerelia ) except for the City of Danzig, Malbork and Chełmno ( except for Toruń ) were incorporated into the Province of West Prussia the following year, while Warmia became part of the Province of East Prussia.

In 1466, with the Teutonic Order's defeat, Pomerelia became subject to the Polish Crown as a part of Royal Prussia.

Following the empire's defeat in World War I, Pomerelia became part of the Second Polish Republic ( Polish Corridor ) and the Free City of Danzig was created.

Before, it happened to be the Eastern part of German Pomerania ( Pommern, consisting of Hither and Farther Pomerania ), yet thereafter it became the Western part of Polish Pomerania ( Pomorze, consisting of Farther Pomerania and Pomerelia ).

* 1294: Pomerelia was inherited by the future Polish king Przemysł II., and remained as part of Poland until –

It comprises most of Pomerelia ( the easternmost part of historical Pomerania ), as well as an area east of the Vistula River.

The western part of the province, around Słupsk, belonged historically to Farther Pomerania, while Pomerelia and the eastern bank of the Vistula belonged to the historical region of Prussia.

In 1309 it came under the rule of the Teutonic Order as part of Pomerelia.

Pomerelia while part of Royal Prussia, a province of Kingdom of Poland ( 1385 – 1569 ) | Kingdom of Poland.

Pomerelia was still part of Poland during the reign of king Bolesław I of Poland and his son Mieszko II Lambert, however in the eleventh century the region has loosen its close connections with the kingdom of Poland and consequently formed an independent duchy.

While the bulk of Pomerania was within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cammin, Pomerelia was made part of the Diocese of Włocławek.

Pomerelia as a part of the Teutonic Knights ' state in the early 14th century

As part of Royal Prussia, Pomerelia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th century Partitions of Poland, becoming part of the new Province of West Prussia.

The Pomeranian lands were eventually divided, with the Western parts entering the Holy Roman Empire as the Duchy of Pomerania in 1181, and the Eastern part consisting of Pomerelia under the Samborides came under the influence of Poland and, from 1309 onwards, the Teutonic Order.

In the Middle Ages, it was inhabited by Slavic tribes: by Pomeranians in Pomerelia west to Vistula river, by Old Prussians and later Masovians in Kulmerland, and by Old Prussians ( mainly Pomesanians ) in the part of the region located east to Vistula river and north to Kulmerland.

The former Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania and the former Swedish parts were reorganized into the Prussian Province of Pomerania, while Pomerelia in the partitions of Poland was made part of the Province of West Prussia.

Russia secured a considerable part of the territory now known as Belarus ; Austria obtained Galicia and a part of Podolia ; while Prussia received Pomerelia and the lands lying along the lower Vistula.

Farther Pomerania, Further Pomerania, Transpomerania or Eastern Pomerania (), which before the German-Polish border shift of 1945 comprised the eastern part of the Duchy, later Province of Pomerania, roughly stretching from the Oder River in the West to Pomerelia in the East.

Pomerania proper is a term used to distinguish the area of the former Prussian Province of Pomerania from Pomerelia, which not always is considered to be a part of Pomerania because of a somewhat different history.

1576 map of Prussia by Caspar Henneberg, Royal Prussia ( without southern Pomerelia ) appears in white

These are modern designations for territory previously called West Prussia and Royal Prussia and including the historical areas of Pomerelia, Słupsk, Chełmno Land, Lubawa, Michałów Land, and Pomesania.

* 1309-1310 ; The Teutonic Order conquered Pomerelia and added it to Prussia.

In addition to Prussia proper the original territory of the Old Prussians may also have included eastern parts of Pomerelia ( some parts of the region east of the Vistula River ).

From the 14th century, in old texts ( until the 16th / 17th c .) and in Latin, the terms Prut ( h ) enia and Prut ( h ) enic refer not only to the original settlement area of the extinct Old Prussians ( Prusowie, see: Prussia ) along the Baltic Coast east of the Vistula River, but also to the adjacent lands of the former Samboride dukes of Pomerelia, which the Teutonic Knights had acquired from Poland in the 1343 Treaty of Kalisz and added to their Order's State.

Thirteen years of attrition warfare ended in October 1466 with the Second Peace of Toruń, which provided for the Order's cession to the Polish Crown of its rights over the western half of Prussia, including Pomerelia and the districts of Elbląg, Malbork, and Chełmno.

On 8 and 13 September 1939, the German military districts of " Posen " ( Poznan ), commanded by general Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg, and " Westpreußen " ( West Prussia ), commanded by general Walter Heitz, were established in conquered Greater Poland and Pomerelia, respectively.

The first two paragraphs of the decree established " Reichsgau Posen " in Greater Poland with the government regions ( Regierungsbezirk ) Hohensalza, Posen, and Kalisch, as well as " Reichsgau West Prussia " () in Pomerelia with the government regions Bromberg, Danzig, and Marienwerder.

Covering most of the territory of historical Pomerelia this voivodeship is also called Voivodeship of Pomerelia, in order to be not confused with the Prussian Province of Pomerania, with the Free State of Prussia being a federal state of Germany.

* Most of Greater Poland (" Province of Posen ") and Pomerelia ( parts of West Prussia ), mostly what the Kingdom of Prussia had taken in the Partitions of Poland was handed over to the re-established Polish state after the Greater Poland Uprising ( this land comprised an area of 53, 800 km² 4, 224, 000 inhabitants ( 1931 ) including 510 km² and 26, 000 inhabitants from Upper Silesia ).

Probably as a juvenile he joined the Cistercian Order at newly established Kołbacz ( Kolbatz ) Abbey and in 1209 entered Oliwa Abbey near Gdańsk, founded in 1178 by the Samboride dukes of Pomerelia.

At the same time, Hungary offered to secretly support the Polish rights to the province of Pomerelia, lost to the Teutonic Order.

Casimir's full title was: Casimir by the grace of God king of Poland, lord and heir of the land of Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kuyavia, Pomerania ( Pomerelia ) and Ruthenia.

* Late 10th century: Pomerelia was united with Poland.

* 1116 / 1121: Bolesław III reunited Pomerelia with Poland.

Other variations of the name: Kassubians, Cassubians, or ( sometimes ) Kashubes are a West Slavic ethnic group in Pomerelia, north-central Poland.

Warmia (, Latin: Varmia ) or Erm ( e ) land () is a region between Pomerelia and Masuria in northeastern Poland.

* In Pomerelia and Pomerania ( inhabited by the Kashubians, different Slavic people from the Poles proper ), branches of native ruling dynasties were usually recognized as dukes, quite similarly to the pattern in Poland.

Kartuzy ( Kashubian / Pomeranian: Kartuzë ; ) is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania ( Pomerelia ) region of northwestern Poland, located about west of Gdańsk with a population of 15, 472 ( 2004 ).

Pomerelia () also referred to as Gdańsk Pomerania, is a historical region in northern Poland.

Pomerelia ( named M: Gdansk ) within Poland on a map showing West-Slavic peoples before 1125

The inhabitatnts of Pomerelia revolted against Polish rule during the Pagan reaction in Poland and actively supported Miecław who intended to detach Masovia from the power of the rulers of Poland.

In 1116 Pomerelia was again conquered by Poland.

After the death of Mestwin II of Pomerania in 1294, his co-ruler Przemysł II of Poland according to the Treaty of Kępno, took control over Pomerelia.

He was crowned as king of Poland in 1295, but ruled directly only over Pomerelia and Greater Poland, while the rest of the country ( Silesia, Lesser Poland, Masovia ) was ruled by other Piasts.