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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 . He was the son and successor of Vitslav II, and as such one of the ...
- 1265
- Vitslav II
- 1303 – 1325
- Wartislaw IV
Vitslav had two daughters, Euphemia and Agnes (wife of Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst), and a son, Jaromar. But Jaromar died in May 1325, shortly before his father, and Vitslav faced the prospect of leaving no male heir. Rügen would have fallen to Vitslav's nephew, Wartislaw IV, but Wartislav died in 1326, causing the Rügen war of succession.
Prior to his death in 1282, Vitslav II's younger brother, Jaromar III, often served as regent and co-prince. Vitslav III (1303–1325) and Sambor III. After Wizlaw II died during a visit to Norway in 1302, his sons, Vitslav III and Sambor III, became joint princes of Rügen. Sambor died, however, in 1304.
- Principality
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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 ...
Afterwards the princes of Rügen had to recognise Danish suzerainty. On their accession to power, the Rügen princes were forced to confirm their allegiance to the Danish king and were obliged to provide military support to the Danes. In 1304 Vitslav III of Rügen gained sole lordship over the territory on the death of his brother, Sambor.
When Jaromar II Prince of Rügen was born in 1218, in Bergen auf Rügen, Rügen, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany, his father, Vitslav I Prince of Rügen, was 41 and his mother, Margareta Sverkersdotter, was 26. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Euphemia of Pomerania. He died on 20 August 1260, in Scandinavia, Europe, at the age of 42.
When Vitslav I Prince of Rügen was born in 1177, in Roskilde, Denmark, his father, Jaromar I Prince of Rügen, was 38 and his mother, Hildegard of Denmark, was 37. He had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter with Margareta Sverkersdotter.
