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- Pribislav (German: Pribislaw; died 30 December 1178) was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg (1167–1178). Life Pribislav was one of three sons of the Obotrite chieftain Niklot, who was killed in 1160 during a joint campaign by Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony and King Valdemar the Great of Denmark.
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Pribislav ( German: Pribislaw; died 30 December 1178) was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg (1167–1178). Life. Pribislav was one of three sons of the Obotrite chieftain Niklot, who was killed in 1160 during a joint campaign by Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony and King Valdemar the Great of Denmark.
- 1167–1178
- Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg
Oct 24, 2023 · Death: December 30, 1178 (99-108) Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Deutschland (HRR) Place of Burial: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Immediate Family: Son of Niklot, Prince of the Obodrites and NN. Husband of Wojsława von Rügen. Father of Heinrich Borwin I von Mecklenburg.
- Wojsława Von Rügen
- circa 1075
Pribislav ( German: Pribislaw; died 30 December 1178) was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg (1167–1178).
Immediate Family. Woislawa of Mecklenburg. wife. view all. Pribislav of Mecklenburg's Timeline. Genealogy for Pribislav of Mecklenburg (1120 - 1178) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- 1120
- Husband of Woislawa of Mecklenburg
- 1178 (57-58)
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The family was established by Pribislav, an Obotrite prince who converted to Christianity and accepted the suzerainty of Saxon Duke Henry the Lion (r. 1142–1180), his fallen father's enemy, and became the Lord of Mecklenburg (derived from Mikla Burg, "big fortress", their main fortress). The Obotrites were subsequently Germanized.
- 1167; 856 years ago
- Duke Borwin
Genealogy for Pribislav of Mecklenburg (b. - c.1178) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
In 1166 Niklot’s son Pribislav (died 1178) was restored to all his father’s lands, expect for Schwerin, with the title Prince of the Wenden of Mecklenburg and on 5 January 1170 he was created a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Friedrich I.
