Niklot, Prince of the Obotrites

Abt 1100 - 1160  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Niklot
  Suffix	Prince of the Obotrites
  Birth	Abt 1100  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1160  [1]
  Person ID	I25442	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2019

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Przybyslaw, Prince of the Obotrites,   b. Abt 1120   d. 30 Dec 1178, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F15251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: Niklot or Nyklot (1090 – August 1160) was a pagan 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. He fought the conversion of the pagan Polabian Slavs to Christianity.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.