Ratibor I (''Racibor'') ( 1124 – 1156) of the

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(''Griffins'') was

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. He was married to Pribislawa, and was the ancestor of the ''Ratiborides'' sideline of the Griffins. Initially he might have ruled the Land of Słupsk-Sławno and also ruled the duchy of his brother Wartislaw I who was slain by pagans in place of his minor sons from 1136 to 1156. In 1135, he raided the

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city of Kungahälla (now

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in Sweden). During the

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in 1147, he managed to end the siege of Szczecin together with Wolin bishop Adalbert. In 1153, Ratibor and Adalbert founded Stolpe Abbey at the

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River near Gützkow. With Pribislawa Iaroslavovna (Princess of

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), he had at least four children. * Swantepolk II (or Swantopolk), who succeeded his father in Słupsk-Sławno * Margareta (or Margarete) ∞ Bernhard I of Ratzeburg * Bogislav (or Wartislaw) * Dobroslawa

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