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Udo (Slavic Prince)
Udo (or Uto) (died 1028), born Pribignev (also ''Pribignew'' or ''Pribygnev''), was an Obotrites, Obodrite leader in the early eleventh century. His name Udo, of Germanic languages, Germanic origin, was probably given him at his Christianity, Christian baptism, perhaps after his possible godfather, Lothair Udo I, Margrave of the Nordmark, Lothair Udo I of Stade. Udo's father, Mstivoj, Mistislaw, escaped in 1018 from a pagan Slavic uprising to Luneburg. Since two contemporary Obodrite princes are recorded, Anadrag (Anatrog) and Gneus (Gnew), Udo's power could not have been that extensive. According to Adam of Bremen and Helmold following him, Udo was a ''male Christianus'' ("bad Christian"). He was assassinated in 1028 by a Saxons, Saxon, allegedly for cruelty. By his wife, a Danes (Germanic tribe), Dane, Udo left a son, Gottschalk (Obotrite prince), Gottschalk, who later united the Obodrites under him and became a champion of Christianity. 1028 deaths Obotrite princes Year of bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obotrites
The Obotrites ( la, Obotriti, Abodritorum, Abodritos…) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (german: Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavs, West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs). For decades, they were allies of Charlemagne in his wars against the Germanic Saxons and the Slavic Veleti. The Obotrites under Prince Thrasco (Obotrite prince), Thrasco defeated the Saxons in the Battle of Bornhöved (798). The still heathen Saxons were dispersed by the emperor, and the part of their former land in Holstein north of Elbe was awarded to the Obotrites in 804, as a reward for their victory. This however was soon reverted through an invasion of the Danes. The Obotrite regnal style was abolished in 1167, when Pribislav of Mecklenburg, Pribislav was restored to power by Duke Henry the Lion, as Prince of Mecklenburg, thereby founding the German House of Mecklenburg. Obotritic confederation The Bav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
