Wendish Crusade
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The Wendish Crusade was a religious military campaign in central and eastern Europe, initiated in 1147. As one of the Northern Crusades, it was led primarily by the Catholic Kingdom of Germany — a con
The Capture of the Wends
Henry's duchies Saxony and Bavaria
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
Wendish Crusade
…During the preparation of the Second Crusade to the Holy Land, a papal bull was issued supporting a crusade against these Slavs. The Slavic leader Niklot preemptively invaded Wagria in June 1147, leading to the march of the crusaders later that summer. They negotiated an ostensible forced baptism of Slavs…
Statue of Obotrite Prince Niklot at the Schwerin Castle (sculptor, Christian Genschow)