The Most Famous
PIRATES from Poland
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Pirates of all time. This list of famous Polish Pirates is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Eric of Pomerania (1381 - 1459)
With an HPI of 69.82, Eric of Pomerania is the most famous Polish Pirate. His biography has been translated into 45 different languages on wikipedia.
Eric of Pomerania (Polish: Eryk Pomorski lit. 'Eric the Pomeranian'; c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459), ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII as King of Sweden (1396–1434, 1436–39). Eric was ultimately deposed from all three kingdoms of the union, but in 1449 he inherited one of the partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania and ruled it as duke until his death in 1459. His epithet of Pomerania was a pejorative intended to insinuate that he did not belong in Scandinavia.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as pirates born between 1381 and 1381. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased pirates include Eric of Pomerania.
