Obotrite princes

Niklot or Nyklot (died August 1160) 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, between the years 1130 and 1131. He remained in this position until his death in 1160. At the same time he was Lord of (Herr zu) Schwerin, Quetzin and Malchow. For nearly 30 years he resisted Saxon princes, especially Henry the Lion during the Wendish Crusade.

prince of the Obotrite confederacy

Obotrite prince and the first Prince of Mecklenburg

Obotrite prince or king

Prince of Wagria

Mstivoj (c. 925 – 995) was an Obodrite prince (princeps Winulorum) from 965 or 967 until his death. He inherited his position along with his brother Mstidrag from their father Nako in an unknown year.

Witzаn (died in 795 in Liuni) also known by the name Witzlаus was the prince of the confederation of Obotrites.

Oborite leader

Obotrite prince

Thrasco (Latin: Thrasucon, Drascon) (*Daržĭkŭ) (fl. 795 – 810) was the Prince (knyaz) of the Obotrite confederation from 795 until his death in 810. He succeeded his father, Witzlaus II, who had been ambushed and killed by the revolting Saxons. Thrasco defeated the Saxons in the battle on Schwentine River in 798. He was murdered in Reric in 810. Thrasco had a son, Cedragus, the Obotrite prince from 819 to 826.

Obotrite prince

Stoigniew (died 16 October 955) was an Obotrite leader, who reigned during the middle of the 10th century. He is mentioned as a member of the princely Nakonid dynasty in the medieval chronicles of Thietmar of Merseburg and Widukind of Corvey.

thumb|First mention of Mistislaw as Mistizlavus in the chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg from ca. 1018 ([[facsimile). SLUB Dresden, Msc. R 147, sheet 178 b.]] Mistislaw, also known as Mstislav (died after 1018), was an Elbe Slavic prince of the Nakonid lineage and ruled over the Obotrites in what is now Mecklenburg and eastern Holstein from 990/995 to 1018.

German noble

knyaz, slavic noble