Pribislav of Mecklenburg
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Pribislav was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg.
Karl Pfannschmidt: Baptism of Pribislaw (1855)
Niklot
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Niklot or Nyklot was a chief or prince of the Slavic Obotrites and an ancestor of the House of Mecklenburg. He became chief of the Obotrite confederacy, including the Kissini and the Circipani, betwee
Pribislav of Mecklenburg
…30 December 1178) was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg (1167–1178). 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. The territory of the Obotrites…
Statue of Obotrite Prince Niklot at the Schwerin Castle (sculptor, Christian Genschow)