Gneus (Slavs)
Gneus was a West Slavic prince in Mecklenburg or Ostholstein in 1036.
He was the leader of a tribe of the Elbe Slavs in the sphere of influence of the Duchy of Saxony . He was mentioned in 1036 when he appeared with Prince Anadrog as a vassal in Hamburg to Duke Bernhard II of Saxony . No further information about him has come down to us.
It has been assumed that the mention of Gneus by Adam von Bremen is only about the final syllable -gnew of a mutilated name and that this refers to Pribignew, which was handed down in Saxo Grammaticus and was called Uto (Udo) by Adam after his Christian baptismal name .
literature
- Wolfgang H. Fritze: Problems of the abodritic tribal and imperial constitution and its development from a tribal state to a ruling state. In: Herbert Ludat (ed.): Settlement and constitution of the Slavs between the Elbe, Saale and Oder. W. Schmitz, Gießen 1960, pp. 141-219, here p. 163.
Remarks
- ↑ Bernhard Schmeidler: Hamburg-Bremen and Northeast Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries: Critical studies on the Hamburg church history of Adam of Bremen, on Hamburg documents and on Nordic and Wendish history. Dietrich, Leipzig 1918, p. 327.
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SURNAME | Gneus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | West Slavic prince in Mecklenburg or Ostholstein 1036 |
DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
DATE OF DEATH | after 1036 |