Pribignew
Pribignew , also Udo or Uto († 1028 ) was an Elbe Slavic prince who ruled from 1018 to 1028 as the ruler of the Abodrites . His rule was probably limited to the sub-tribe of the Abodrites residing in what is now Mecklenburg.
The name Pribignew can be found in Saxo Grammaticus , Adam von Bremen calls him Uto. He was a son of Mistislaw , the velvet ruler of the Abodrites. The mother's name is not known. He had a son Gottschalk and a sister whose name was unknown. Possibly Pribignew is identical to the Gneus handed down by Adam von Bremen . Like all Naconids, Pribignev was a Christian. Udo was possibly his baptismal name after Count Udo I. von Stade .
After Pribignev's father Mistislaw had fled Mecklenburg in 1018, Pribignew gained control of the Abodrites around 1020 with Saxon and Danish help. Adam von Bremen reports on Pribignew's meetings with the Saxon Duke Bernhard II and the Hamburg- Bremen Archbishops Unwan and Libentius II in Hamburg. Since other princes are named at the same time as Pribigniew, of whom Sederich surely ruled over the Abodritic sub-tribe of the Wagrier , Pribigniews power was probably limited to the sub-tribal area of the Abodrites around Wismar and on both sides of the Schwerin Lake . Around the year 1028 Pribignew was slain by a Saxon defector "because of his cruelty". Adam calls him a "bad Christian".
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. Giessen 1960, pp. 141-219, here pp. 161ff.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pribignew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Udo; Uto; Pribignev; Pribygnev; Pribignev-Uto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Velvet ruler of the Abodrites |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1028 |