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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obodrit%C3%A9" title="Obodrité – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Obodrité" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obotritter" title="Obotritter – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Obotritter" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abodriten" title="Abodriten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Abodriten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" 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Thrasco († 809) after victory over the Nordalbingian Saxons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png/250px-Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png/375px-Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png/500px-Siedlungsgebiet_Abodriten2.png 2x" data-file-width="1096" data-file-height="698" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Expansion of the Obotritic confederation under Prince <a href="/wiki/Thrasco_(Obotrite_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrasco (Obotrite prince)">Thrasco</a> († 809) <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bornh%C3%B6ved_(798)" title="Battle of Bornhöved (798)">after victory</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Nordalbingia" title="Nordalbingia">Nordalbingian</a> <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Independent <a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">confederation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian Slavic</a> tribes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_Castle" title="Mecklenburg Castle">Veligard or Veligrad <span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">(German: <i>Michelenburg</i>)</span></span></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Polabian_language" title="Polabian language">Polabian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Saxon" title="Old Saxon">Old Saxon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">Polabian<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a 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Slavorum">Helmold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_religion" title="Folk religion">folk</a> <a href="/wiki/Polytheism" title="Polytheism">polytheism</a> of minor cults</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernobog" class="mw-redirect" title="Chernobog">Chernobog</a> according to <a href="/wiki/Chronica_Slavorum" title="Chronica Slavorum">Helmold</a></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Germanic_paganism" title="Germanic paganism">Saxon paganism</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Nordalbingia" title="Nordalbingia">Nordalbingian</a> <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chalcedonian_Christianity" title="Chalcedonian Christianity">Chalcedonian Christianity</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(missionaries, some nobles)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_monarchy" title="Hereditary monarchy">Hereditary monarchy</a> (<a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">Principality</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Prince</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• ?–ca. 795 (first) </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Witzlaus_(Obotrite_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Witzlaus (Obotrite prince)">Witzlaus</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1160–1167 (last) </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pribislav_of_Mecklenburg" title="Pribislav of Mecklenburg">Pribislav</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Formed </div></th><td class="infobox-data">8th century</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Accepted Saxon suzerainty </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1167</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian Slavs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nordalbingia" title="Nordalbingia"><span class="nowrap">Nordalbingia<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Duchy of Saxony)</span></span></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Billung_March" title="Billung March"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg/18px-CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg/27px-CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg/36px-CoA_T%C3%BCbingen%2C_BW.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Billung_March" title="Billung March"><span class="nowrap">Billung March<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Duchy of Saxony)</span></span></a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg/18px-Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg/27px-Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg/36px-Shield_and_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28c.1200-c.1300%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="905" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Principality_of_Mecklenburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Principality of Mecklenburg (page does not exist)"><b>∟</b>Principality of Mecklenburg</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/18px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/27px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg/36px-Wappen_Mecklenburg_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="606" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxony" title="Duchy of Saxony"><b>∟</b>Duchy of Saxony</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxony" title="Duchy of Saxony"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg/18px-Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg/27px-Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg/36px-Arms_of_the_house_of_Ascania_%28ancient%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Denmark_(Middle_Ages)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Denmark (Middle Ages)">Kingdom of Denmark</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Denmark" title="History of Denmark"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg/20px-Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg/40px-Coat_of_arms_of_Danish_shield_%2814c%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="374" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Obotrites</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Obotriti</i>, <i>Abodritorum</i>, <i>Abodritos</i>) or <b>Obodrites</b>, also spelled <b>Abodrites</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Abodriten</i>), were a <a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">confederation</a> of medieval <a href="/wiki/West_Slavs" title="West Slavs">West Slavic</a> tribes within the territory of modern <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Holstein" title="Holstein">Holstein</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian Slavs</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-crusade-en_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crusade-en-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For decades, they were allies of <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a> in his wars against the Germanic <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a> and the Slavic <a href="/wiki/Veleti" title="Veleti">Veleti</a>. The Obotrites under Prince <a href="/wiki/Thrasco_(Obotrite_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrasco (Obotrite prince)">Thrasco</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bornh%C3%B6ved_(798)" title="Battle of Bornhöved (798)">Battle of Bornhöved (798)</a>. The still-<a href="/wiki/Germanic_paganism" title="Germanic paganism">Pagan</a> Saxons were dispersed by the emperor, and the part of their former land in <a href="/wiki/Holstein" title="Holstein">Holstein</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a> was awarded to the Obotrites in 804, as a reward for their victory. This however was soon reverted through an invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Danes" title="Danes">Danes</a>. The Obotrite regnal style was abolished in 1167, when <a href="/wiki/Pribislav_of_Mecklenburg" title="Pribislav of Mecklenburg">Pribislav</a> was restored to power by Duke <a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Lion" title="Henry the Lion">Henry the Lion</a>, as Prince of Mecklenburg, thereby founding the Germanized <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mecklenburg" title="House of Mecklenburg">House of Mecklenburg</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Obotritic_confederation">Obotritic confederation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Obotritic confederation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_Geographer" title="Bavarian Geographer">Bavarian Geographer</a>, an anonymous medieval document compiled in <a href="/wiki/Regensburg" title="Regensburg">Regensburg</a> in 830, contains a list of the tribes in Central Eastern Europe to the east of the Elbe. The list includes the Nortabtrezi (Obotrites) - with 53 <i>civitates</i>. <a href="/wiki/Adam_of_Bremen" title="Adam of Bremen">Adam of Bremen</a> referred to them as the <b>Reregi</b> because of their lucrative trade emporium <a href="/wiki/Reric" title="Reric">Reric</a>. In common with other Slavic groups, they were often described by Germanic sources as <a href="/wiki/Wends" title="Wends">Wends</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG/170px-Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG" decoding="async" width="170" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG/255px-Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG/340px-Billunger_Mark_1000.PNG 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="657" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Billunger_Mark" class="mw-redirect" title="Billunger Mark">Billunger Mark</a> (c. 1000) showing different tribes of the Obotritic confederation</figcaption></figure> <p>The main tribes of the Obotritic confederation were:<sup id="cite_ref-Herrman-7-8_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herrman-7-8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the Obotrites proper (<a href="/wiki/Wismar_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Wismar Bay">Wismar Bay</a> to <a href="/wiki/Schweriner_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Schweriner See">Lake Schwerin</a>);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Wagrians" class="mw-redirect" title="Wagrians">Wagrians</a> (the eastern <a href="/wiki/Holstein" title="Holstein">Holstein</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Old_Saxony" title="Old Saxony">Saxony</a>);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Warnower" class="mw-redirect" title="Warnower">Warnower</a> (the upper <a href="/wiki/Warnow" title="Warnow">Warnow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mildenitz_(river)" title="Mildenitz (river)">Mildenitz</a>);</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Polabians_(tribe)" title="Polabians (tribe)">Polabians proper</a> (between the <a href="/wiki/Trave" title="Trave">Trave</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a>).</li></ul> <p>Other tribes associated with the confederation include:<sup id="cite_ref-Herrman-7-8_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Herrman-7-8-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>the <a href="/wiki/Linonen" class="mw-redirect" title="Linonen">Linonen</a> near <a href="/wiki/Lenzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenzen">Lenzen</a>,</li> <li>the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Travnjane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Travnjane (page does not exist)">Travnjane</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Trave" title="Trave">Trave</a>,</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Drevani" title="Drevani">Drevani</a> in the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCchow-Dannenberg" title="Lüchow-Dannenberg">Hanoverian Wendland</a>.</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Ukrani" title="Ukrani">Ukrani</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prenzlau" title="Prenzlau">Prenzlau</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png/180px-Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png/270px-Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png/360px-Limes.saxoniae.wmt.png 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="515" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Limes_Saxoniae" title="Limes Saxoniae">Limes Saxoniae</a></i> forming the border between the Saxons to the west and the Obotrites to the east</figcaption></figure> <p>As allies of the <a href="/wiki/Carolingian" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolingian">Carolingian</a> kings and the empire of their <a href="/wiki/Ottonian_dynasty" title="Ottonian dynasty">Ottonian</a> successors, the Obotrites fought from 808 to 1200 against the <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of Denmark">kings of Denmark</a>, who wished to rule the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_region" title="Baltic region">Baltic region</a> independently of the empire. When opportunities arose, for instance upon the death of an emperor, they would seek to seize power; and in 983 <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> was destroyed by the Obotrites under their king, <a href="/wiki/Mstivoj" title="Mstivoj">Mstivoj</a>. At times they levied tribute from the <a href="/wiki/Danes" title="Danes">Danes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saxons" title="Saxons">Saxons</a>. Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Niklot" title="Niklot">Niklot</a>, they resisted a Christian assault during the <a href="/wiki/Wendish_Crusade" title="Wendish Crusade">Wendish Crusade</a>. </p><p>German missionaries such as <a href="/wiki/Vicelinus" title="Vicelinus">Vicelinus</a> converted the Obotrites to <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. In 1170 they acknowledged the suzerainty of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>, leading to <a href="/wiki/Germanisation" title="Germanisation">Germanisation</a> and assimilation over the following centuries. However, up to the late 15th century most villagers in the Obotritic area were still speaking Slavic dialects (<a href="/wiki/Polabian_language" title="Polabian language">Polabian language</a>), although subsequently their language was displaced by <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>. The Polabian language survived until the beginning of the 19th century in Hanoverian Wendland, eastern Lower Saxony (bordering modern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ruling clan of the Obotrites kept its power throughout the Germanisation and ruled their country (except during a short interruption in <a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>) as <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mecklenburg" title="House of Mecklenburg">House of Mecklenburg</a> until the end of monarchies in Germany in <a href="/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–1919">November Revolution 1918</a>. Previously, the Obodrites were dominated by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naconids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naconids (page does not exist)">Naconids</a>; Eastern (Far) Pomerania was ruled by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Griffin" title="House of Griffin">Pomeranian House</a> (Grifichi). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Obotrite_leaders">List of Obotrite leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of Obotrite leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Niklot_statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Niklot_statue.jpg/130px-Niklot_statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Niklot_statue.jpg/195px-Niklot_statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Niklot_statue.jpg/260px-Niklot_statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="728" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Niklot" title="Niklot">Niklot</a> (1090–1160), prince of the Obotritic confederation and founder of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Mecklenburg" title="House of Mecklenburg">Mecklenburg House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Schwerin_Castle" title="Schwerin Castle">Schwerin Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ruler </th> <th>Reign </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Witzlaus_(Obotrite_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Witzlaus (Obotrite prince)">Witzlaus</a> </td> <td>?–ca. 795 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thrasco_(Obotrite_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrasco (Obotrite prince)">Thrasco</a> </td> <td>?–ca. 795–810 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slavomir_(Obotrite_prince)" title="Slavomir (Obotrite prince)">Slavomir</a> </td> <td>?–810–819 </td> <td>Ally of the Frankish Empire. In 816, he joined the rebellion of the <a href="/wiki/Sorbs" title="Sorbs">Sorbs</a>. Eventually captured and abandoned by his own people, being replaced by Ceadrag in 818. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ceadrag_(Obotrite_prince)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ceadrag (Obotrite prince) (page does not exist)">Ceadrag</a> </td> <td>819–after 826 </td> <td>Ally of the Frankish Empire. He rebelled against the Franks with alliance with the Danes, but later was reconciled with Franks. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Selibur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Selibur (page does not exist)">Selibur</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nako_(Obotrite_leader)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nako (Obotrite leader)">Nako</a> </td> <td>954–966 </td> <td>Nako and his brother Stoigniew were defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_on_the_Raxa" title="Battle on the Raxa">Raxa river (955)</a> by <a href="/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto I</a>, after which Stoigniew was beheaded and Nako accepted Christianity, resulting in thirty years of peace. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mstivoj" title="Mstivoj">Mstivoj</a> and Mstidrag </td> <td>966–995 </td> <td>Sons of Nako. They abandoned Christianity and revolted against the Germans (<a href="/wiki/Great_Slav_Rising" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Slav Rising">Great Slav Rising</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mieceslas III </td> <td>919–999 </td> <td>in 995 defeated by <a href="/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mistislaw" title="Mistislaw">Mstislav</a> </td> <td>996–1018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Udo_(Obotrite_prince)" title="Udo (Obotrite prince)">Udo</a> or Przybigniew </td> <td>1018–1028 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ratibor_(Polabian_prince)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ratibor (Polabian prince)">Ratibor</a> </td> <td>1028–1043 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gottschalk_(Obotrite_prince)" title="Gottschalk (Obotrite prince)">Gottschalk</a> </td> <td>1043 to 1066 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Budivoj" title="Budivoj">Budivoj</a> </td> <td>1066 and 1069 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kruto" class="mw-redirect" title="Kruto">Kruto</a> </td> <td>1066–1069 and 1069–1093 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_(Obotrite_prince)" title="Henry (Obotrite prince)">Henry</a> </td> <td>1093–1127 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Canute & Sviatopolk </td> <td>1127–1128 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sviatopolk </td> <td>1128–1129 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Zwinike </td> <td>1129–1129 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Canute_Lavard" title="Canute Lavard">Canute</a> </td> <td>1129–1131 </td> <td>Great-great-great-great-grandson of Mstivoj </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Niklot" title="Niklot">Niklot</a> </td> <td>1131–1160 </td> <td>Born around 1090. Also ruled the subdued Polabian Slav tribes of <a href="/wiki/Kessinians" title="Kessinians">Kessinians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Circipania" title="Circipania">Circipanians</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pribislav_of_Mecklenburg" title="Pribislav of Mecklenburg">Pribislav</a> </td> <td>1160–1167 </td> <td>Last Obotrite prince. Accepted Saxon suzerainty in 1167. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The rulers of Obotrite lands were later the <a href="/wiki/Dukes_and_grand_dukes_of_Mecklenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg">dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Medieval_Slavic_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Medieval Slavic tribes">List of Medieval Slavic tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praedenecenti" title="Praedenecenti">Praedenecenti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_settlement_of_the_Eastern_Alps" title="Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps">Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Compared to the original old <a href="/wiki/Slavic_paganism" title="Slavic paganism">Slavic religion</a>, the pagan religion of <a href="/wiki/Polabian_Slavs" title="Polabian Slavs">Polabian Slavs</a> was "reformed" (improved) by wooden temples and priesthood as a high social class with political influence. 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It also caused the creation of a local <a href="/wiki/Theocracy" title="Theocracy">theocracies</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-crusade-en-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-crusade-en_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJensen2006" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Jensen, Carsten Selch (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lukashevichus.info/knigi/murray_crusades_encycl.pdf">"Abodrites"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. In Alan V. Murray (ed.). <i>The Crusades: An Encyclopedia</i>. Vol. 1. <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara,_California" title="Santa Barbara, California">Santa Barbara</a>: <a href="/wiki/ABC-CLIO" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC-CLIO">ABC-CLIO</a>. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/70122512">70122512</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Abodrites&rft.btitle=The+Crusades%3A+An+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Santa+Barbara&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F70122512&rft.aulast=Jensen&rft.aufirst=Carsten+Selch&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flukashevichus.info%2Fknigi%2Fmurray_crusades_encycl.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AObotrites" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Herrman-7-8-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Herrman-7-8_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Herrman-7-8_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Herrmann 1970, pp. 7–8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-466672/Polabian-language">Polabian language</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerrmann1970" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Herrmann, Joachim (1970). <i>Die Slawen in Deutschland</i> (in German). Berlin: Akademie-Verlag GmbH.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+Slawen+in+Deutschland&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pub=Akademie-Verlag+GmbH&rft.date=1970&rft.aulast=Herrmann&rft.aufirst=Joachim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AObotrites" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Müller-Wille, Michael (2002). "Zwischen Kieler Förde und Wismarbucht: Archäologie der Obodriten vom späten 7. bis zur Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts." In: <i>Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission</i>, vol. 83, pp. 243–264.</li> <li>Turasiewicz A., Dzieje polityczne Obodrzyców od IX wieku do utraty niepodległości w latach 1160–1164, Warszawa, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/83-88508-65-2" title="Special:BookSources/83-88508-65-2">83-88508-65-2</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Polish)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Obotrites&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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