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Polabians (tribe)

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The Polabians (Polaben; Polabi) were a constituent Lechitic tribe of the Obotrites who lived between the Trave and the Elbe. [1]

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Adolf II of Holstein

Adolf II of Holstein (– 6 July 1164) was the Count of Schauenburg and Holstein from 1130 until his death, though he was briefly out of Holstein from 1137 until 1142.

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Bardengau

The Bardengau was a medieval county (Gau) in the Duchy of Saxony.

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Billung March

The Billung March (Billunger Mark) or March of the Billungs (Mark der Billunger) was a frontier region of the far northeastern Duchy of Saxony in the 10th century.

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Gottschalk (Obotrite prince)

Saint Gottschalk (or Godescalc) (Godescalcus) (died 6 June 1066) was a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from 1043 to 1066.

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Henry (Obotrite prince)

Henry (before 1066 – 22 March or 7 June 1127) was an Obotrite prince or king (1093–1127) from the Nakonid dynasty; he was regarded by contemporaries as "King of the Slavs" (rex Slavorum).

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Henry of Badewide

Henry of Badewide (or Badwide) (Heinrich von Badewide) (died ca. 1164) was a Saxon Count of Botwide (after 1149) and Count of Ratzeburg (after 1156).

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Lechites

Lechites, or Lekhites, is a name given to certain West Slavic peoples, including the ancestors of modern Poles and the historical Pomeranians and Polabians, speakers of the Lechitic languages.

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List of ancient Slavic peoples and tribes

This is a list of Slavic tribes reported in the Middle Ages, that is, before the year AD 1500.

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List of wars involving Armenia

This is a list of wars, battles, and conflicts that Armenia or Armenians have been involved in.

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Liubice

Liubice, also known by the German name Alt-Lübeck ("Old Lübeck"), was a medieval West Slavic settlement near the site of modern Lübeck, Germany.

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Mecklenburg Castle

Mecklenburg Castle was a medieval castle and a residential capital of the Nakonid and Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites.

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Nakonids

The Nakonids were the leading noble family of the Slavic peoples of the Elbe River from ca.

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Obotrites

The Obotrites (Obotriti) or Obodrites (Obodrzyce meaning: at the waters), also spelled Abodrites (Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs).

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Polabi

Polabi may refer to.

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Polabian language

The Polabian language is an extinct West Slavic language that was spoken by the Polabian Slavs (Wenden) in present-day northeastern Germany around the Elbe (Labe in Slavic) river, from which derives its name ("po Labe" - on the Elbe).

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Polabian Slavs

Polabian Slavs (Połobske Słowjany, Słowianie połabscy, Polabští Slované) is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is today Eastern Germany.

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Pribislav of Mecklenburg

Pribislav (Pribislaw, Przybysław) (died 30 December 1178) was an Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg (1167–1178).

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Pribislav of Wagria

Pribislav (1131–d. after 1156) was an Obotrite prince who ruled Wagria as "Lesser king" (regulus) and resided in Liubice, governing one half of the Obotrite lands, the other half being governed by Niklot.

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Ratibor (Obotrite prince)

Ratibor (or Ratse) (died 1043) was a prince of the Obotrite confederacy from the Polabian tribe.

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Ratzeburg

Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Second Crusade

The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe.

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Wagri

The Wagri, Wagiri, or Wagrians were a tribe of Polabian Slavs inhabiting Wagria, or eastern Holstein in northern Germany, from the ninth to twelfth centuries.

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Wendish Crusade

The Wendish Crusade (Wendenkreuzzug) was a military campaign in 1147, one of the Northern Crusades and a part of the Second Crusade, led primarily by the Kingdom of Germany within the Holy Roman Empire and directed against the Polabian Slavs (or "Wends").

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Wendland

The Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

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West Slavs

The West Slavs are a subgroup of Slavic peoples who speak the West Slavic languages.

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White Serbia

White Serbia, called also Boiki, is the mythical homeland of the White Serbs (see Sorbs) from whom the medieval Serbs originate.

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Redirects here:

Polaben, Polabia, Polabian peoples.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polabians_(tribe)

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