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Names. German: Wizlaw III von Rügen. House. House of Wizlaw. Father. Vitslav II, Prince of Rügen. Mother. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Vitslav III (1265/8–1325), variously called Vislav, Vizlav, Wislaw, Wizlaw and Witslaw in English sources, was the last Slavic ruler of the Danish Principality of Rugia.
Vitslav III (1265/8–1325), variously called Vislav, Vizlav, Wislaw, Wizlaw and Witslaw in English sources, was the last Slavic ruler of the Danish Principality of Rugia. He is often identified with the author of the Minnesinger Vitslav of the Jenaer Liederhandschrift .
He was the son and successor of Vitslav II, and as such one of the Wizlawids descended from Kruto of Wagria.Born in either 1263 or 1268, he is attested in a document of 1283.At his father's death in 1302, Vitslav shared the throne of Rügen with his brother Sambor.There was rivalry between the two brothers, but Sambor died in 1304, and Wizlaw ...
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Vitslav III (1265/8–1325), variously called Vislav, Vizlav, Wislaw, Wizlaw and Witslaw in English sources, was the last Slavic ruler of the Danish Principality of Rugia. He is often identified with the author of the Minnesinger Vitslav of the Jenaer Liederhandschrift. Rügen would have fallen to Vitslav's nephew, Wartislaw IV, but Wartislav died in 1326, causing the Rügen war of succession ...
Discover life events, stories and photos about Vitslav I Prince of Rügen (1177–1249) of Roskilde, Denmark.
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Princes of Rügen. Tetzlav (1168–1170) Jaromar I (1170–1218) Barnuta (1218–1221) Vitslav I (24 Nov 1221–1249) Jaromar II (1249–1260) Vitslav II (1260–1302) and Jaromar III (1260–1282) Vitslav III (1303–1325) and Sambor III. Pomeranian dukes (House of Griffins) Inheritance by the Dukes of Pomerania. Later history of the region. Notes. References.
Sverkersdotter [2] of Sweden. In 1219, Vitslav took part in a campaign by his feudal lord, the King of Denmark Valdemar II, to Estonia. Following the resignation of his brother, Barnuta, Vitslav I was mentioned in documents in 1221 as the Prince of Rügen. This year is also first time that there is a record of German settlers in the mainland ...
