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genealogy of the
Nakonids.
Besides Helmold, Adam of Bremen,
Thietmar of Merseburg, and Saxo
Grammaticus are
important sources for
Nakonid history. Despite...
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prince of the
Nakonid lineage and
ruled over the
Obotrites in what is now
Mecklenburg and
eastern Holstein from 990/995 to 1018. The
Nakonids were among...
- Adam of Bremen, the
Slavs were Christian. Nako and his successors, the
Nakonids,
resided in a "ringwall" of fortresses: Mecklenburg, Starigard, Liubice...
- Plune,
which means "ice-free water". In 1075,
Kruto lured Budivoj of the
Nakonids into the "castrum plunense" (according to
Helmold of Bosau), laid siege...
- also
noted for his
description of the
Vikings living in Hedeby; of the
Nakonid fortification at
Mecklenburg Castle; and of what was, in all likelihood...
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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...
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Mecklenburg Castle was a
medieval castle and a
residential capital of the
Nakonid and
Nikloting dynasties of the Obotrites. It was
located just
south of...
-
middle of the
tenth century. He is
mentioned as a
member of the
princely Nakonid dynasty in the
medieval chronicles of
Thietmar of
Merseburg and Widukind...
- The
Obotrite state collapsed after the
death of
Henry and end of the
Nakonid dynasty in 1127; the Rani
returned to sack
Liubice in 1128. With the death...
