Przyczyny zgonów Gryfitów (1600-1637)
The Causes of Death in the Griffin Dynasty (1600-1637)

Author(s): Joanna A. Kościelna
Subject(s): Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Griffin Dynasty; Duchy of Pomerania; illnesses; causes of death
Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present the information concerning the state of health and the causes of death of the last Griffins. According to the collected data, it can be assumed that internal diseases (ulcers, gastrointestinal perforations) may have caused deaths of Ernest Ludwik, Jan Fryderyk, Barnim X/XII, Bogusław XIII, and Filip Juliusz. Two strokes led to the death of Bogusław XIV. The sources also confirm: rheumatoid disease (Filip II), kidney and liver diseases (Kazimierz IX), various depressive states (Jan Fryderyk, Kazimierz IX, Barnim X/XII, Filip II, Ulryk I, perhaps Filip Juliusz), lungs diseases (Jerzy I, Filip I, Sybilla). The Griffins also suffered from eye diseases, which were caused by accidents (Jerzy I, Jerzy II/III). In the analysed material it was not possible to find (with the exception of Kazimierz VIII, who died in 1518) the information which could support the argument that the Griffins suffered from venereal diseases although some of the symptoms may indicate so.

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