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    Niklot or Nyklot (1090 – August 1160) was a chief or prince of the Slavic Obotrites and an ancestor of the House of Mecklenburg. He became chief of the...
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    was issued supporting a crusade against these Slavs. The Slavic leader Niklot preemptively invaded Wagria in June 1147, leading to the march of the crusaders...
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    under the leadership of Henry the Lion (1129–1195). The Obotrites under Niklot destroyed the fort but left because of the Germanic military dominance....
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  • Niklot I, Count of Schwerin (1250–1323) was the ruling Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg from 1299 until his death. He was a son of Count Gunzelin III of Schwerin...
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  • (1167–1178). Pribislav was one of three sons of the Obotrite chieftain Niklot, who was killed in 1160 during a joint campaign by Duke Henry the Lion of...
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    legitimate male-line descendants of the medieval princely dynasty descended from Niklot of the Obotrites, which has included Albert, King of Sweden. Duke Borwin...
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    The Slavic Native Faith, commonly known as Rodnovery and sometimes as Slavic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Classified as a new religious movement...
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    the European National Front, the Association for Tradition and Culture "Niklot". The All-Polish Youth and National Radical Camp were recreated in 1989...
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    they levied tribute from the Danes and Saxons. Under the leadership of Niklot, they resisted a Christian assault during the Wendish Crusade. German missionaries...
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  • Obodrite tribes, Niklot, began his open resistance when Lothar III, Holy Roman Emperor, invaded Slavic lands. In August 1160, Niklot was killed, and German...
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    the Federal Republic of Germany. The House of Mecklenburg was founded by Niklot, prince of the Obotrites, Chizzini and Circipani on the Baltic Sea, who...
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  • governing one half of the Obotrite lands, the other half being governed by Niklot. Pribislav was the son of Budivoj, and nephew of Henry. After the murder...
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    Bozov. He described the strengthening of the pagan cult during the reign of Niklot: In those days, the multifarious worship of idols and the error of superstition...
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    Kwartalnik metapolityczny (in Polish). Association for Tradition and Culture "Niklot". ISSN 1429-3749. Potrzebowski, Stanisław (2016). "O autorze" [About author]...
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    known for its golden dome, the Castle Church, the throne room, and the Niklot statue, used to be the seat of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin...
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  • Pribislav and Niklot, who renounced Christianity in favor of West-Slavic traditional religious beliefs, which were based on Slavic mythology. Niklot began open...
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    Holstein-Glückstadt and the Duchy of Pomerania. The dynasty's progenitor, Niklot (1090–1160), was a chief of the Slavic Obotrite tribal federation, who fought...
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    Obotrite prince, Niklot, in 1160. The two Christian lords distributed much of the conquered territory among their vassals. When Niklot's exiled son, Pribislav...
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    Nicholas I, Lord of Mecklenburg (also known as Niklot I; before 1164 – 25 May 1200, near Waschow, now part of Wittendörp), was the ruling Lord of Mecklenburg...
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    (West Slavic) Mecklenburg dynasty, beginning with their progenitor Prince Niklot (d. 1160). Until 1918 the grand duke was styled as "Prince of the Wends"...
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  • and Canute Lavard and the Holsteiners invaded it and took Pribislav and Niklot, the Wagrian leaders, away in chains. In 1142, Henry the Lion and Adolf...
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    Canute Lavard, the Obotrite lands were partitioned between Pribislav and Niklot (1090–1160), both chiefs of the Obotrites. Some sources consider the death...
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    by the Association for Tradition and Culture "Niklot" (Stowarzyszenie na rzecz Tradycji i Kultury „Niklot”):. Its spiritual guide was Antoni Wacyk, who...
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    I of England Conrad I, German nobleman and rector of Burgundy (d. 1152) Niklot (or Nyklot), Obotrite prince and tribal chief (d. 1160) Robert FitzRoy,...
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  • German scholar (d. 1298) Nijō Tameyo, Japanese official and poet (d. 1338) Niklot I, German nobleman and knight (d. 1323) Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman...
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  • forces at Magdeburg. The Dubin and Dimin fortresses of Obodrite prince Niklot were besieged. Both he and Pribislav, another Obodrite prince, were forced...
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  • Schlossgarten, 1893. The Obotrite Prince Niklot at the Schwerin Castle (sculptor, Christian Genschow) The Obotrite Prince Niklot in Schwerin Castle Archbishop Engelbert...
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    Count of Holstein-Plön 21. Ingeborg of Sweden 5. Ingeborg of Itzehoe 22. Niklot I, Count of Schwerin 11. Anastasia von Wittenberg 23, Miroslawa of Pomerania...
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    Schwerin Palace; notably an equestrian statue of the Medieval military leader, Niklot. From 1857 to 1866, he was employed by the Dankberg'sche Institut für architektonische...
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    Obotrite prince, Niklot, who burned his castles at Ilow, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, and Dobin in order to avoid being pinned down in sieges. Niklot was ultimately...
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