Pribislav-Henry (; d. 1150) was a Slavic Christian

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and the last ruler of the Hevelli (Stodorani) tribe in the Northern March of

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. His reign started, probably supported by the

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, after the prior Hevelli prince Meinfried had been murdered in 1127. Having no sons of his own, he around 1129 gave the area between

and Lehnin to his son-in-law, who was the oldest son of Albert the Bear. Emperor Lothair III approved the gift and made Albert margrave of the Northern March in 1134. In 1150, Pribislav Henry died and was succeeded, after a short war of succession, by Albert the Bear.

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