Pribislaw I.

Pribislaw I., Lord of Parchim-Richenberg (* between February 15 and June 3, 1224 ; † after February 12, 1275 ) was Lord (Prince) of Parchim-Richenberg from 1238 to 1256 .

He was the youngest son of Heinrich Borwin II and after the division of the country he was awarded the rule of Parchim-Richenberg. He grew up at the court of his brother Johann I von Mecklenburg . Since he was still too young, he administered the rule for his brother until 1238. In 1238 he was able to take over the Parchim Castle . His rule included the countries of Parchim (with Brenz and Rosengarten), the landscape of Ture (see Amt Ture ) and the later bailiffs of Plau, Goldberg, Sternberg and finally Richenberg (on the Warnow near Langen Brütz ). Early on he got into border disputes with the Schwerin counts. So he had to cede Brenz and Neustadt-Glewe . After this feud, he managed to stabilize his principality economically by founding the cities of Goldberg and Sternberg and settling Jews in Parchim. In 1248 Goldberg and Sternberg received Parchim's town charter through him. In 1240 he founded Parchimer Neustadt on the western bank of the Elde. In 1246 he brought members of the Franciscan order to Parchim. In 1248 Pribislaw moved the residence from Parchim to the newly built Richenberg Warnow Castle near the village of Kritzow . Since then, the rule was also called Parchim-Richenberg. The reasons are not exactly known.

Soon there were disputes with the Schwerin bishop Rudolf , once about the tithe payments and as the main reason Rudolf's attempt to build a castle in Bützow in the immediate border area. Pribislaw as sovereign was threatened by this castle. He had the castle burned down and locked Rudolf in a dungeon in Richenberg. The bishop was soon released for a small ransom. Rudolf then tried by all means to disempower Pribislaw, so he had Pribislaw put under imperial ban and obtained a papal ban on the prince. After a short compensation in 1255, Pribislaw was captured and handed over to the bishop. Pribislaw was disempowered and the land was divided between his brothers and his brother-in-law, the Count of Schwerin. Pribislaw went into exile in Pomerania and received the rule of Belgard in Western Pomerania as compensation . When Bishop Rudolf died in 1262, he hoped that his property would be returned, but his brothers refused. In 1270 he renounced his claims to the Parchim-Richenberg land and returned to Belgard, where he died around 1275. He was married twice, once to the daughter of Richard von Friesack and then to the presumed daughter of Duke Barnim I.

children

• Pribisław II , Lord of Belgard in Western Pomerania (1270-1316)
• Daughter, after 1270
• Pribislaw III, Herr zu Wollin still in 1276, mentioned as deceased in 1289

Web links

• Literature about Pribislaw I. in the state bibliography MV
• Story about Pribislaw
• Family tree of the House of Mecklenburg
• Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer: Documented history of Prince Pribislav I of Parchim-Richenberg and his descendants