Niklot
Sign in to saveNiklot or Nyklot (died August 1160) was a 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.
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- Die Münzsammlung des Hessischen Staatsarchivs Marburg
· 1977 · cited 1x
- Part oder Solo?
· 2008
- Rezension von: Krohn, Niklot (Hrsg.), Kirchenarchäologie heute
· 2022
- Rezension von: Luisa Galioto / Volkhard Huth / Niklot Krohn (Hg.): Kloster Schuttern. Archäologie – Baugeschichte – Historische Kontexte. Eine Bestandsaufnahme
· 2022
- Rezension von: Klüßendorf, Niklot, Kleine Münz- und Geldgeschichte von Hessen in Mittelalter und Neuzeit
· 2022
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- Royalty.name
- Niklot
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- Statue of Obotrite Prince Niklot at the Schwerin Castle (sculptor, Christian Genschow)
- Royalty.death_date
- August 1160
- Royalty.issue
- Pribislav of Mecklenburg Wertislaw of Mecklenburg
- Royalty.religion
- Christianity, possibly Slavic paganism
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- 1160-08-00
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- date of birth
- 1100-00-00
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- Resistance
- Wendish Crusade
- Religion
- Death
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Niklot or Nyklot (died August 1160) was a 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.
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