Ratibor I.

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Ratibor I with his wife Pribislawa, from the family tree of the Griffins by Cornelius Krommeny, 1598.

Ratibor I (* unknown; † May 7, 1156 ) was a Duke of Pomerania from the house of the Griffins . He ruled during the Christianization of Pomerania and is the progenitor of a branch of the Greifenhaus, the Ratiboriden .

Life and accomplishments

Ratibor I and his brother Wartislaw I († 1134/1148) are the first two reliably documented dukes of Pomerania from the House of Griffins. Who her father was and in what year Ratibor was born is unknown.

During the lifetime of his brother Wartislaw, this was in the foreground. The Christianization of Pomerania was initiated under Wartislaw . Wartislaw himself converted to Christianity before 1124, the time of Ratibor's baptism is not known. On the other hand, it is known that Ratibor made a successful campaign to Norway in 1135 and plundered the city of Konungahella (now Kungälv, Sweden) there.

After the death of his brother, who was probably slain by a pagan between 1134 and 1148, Ratibor I took over the government in Pomerania for his sons Bogislaw I and Casimir I.

In 1147 the Wendenkreuzzug of Henry the Lion and the Saxon princes led to Pomerania. Before reaching Stettin , Bishop Adalbert von Pomerania and Duke Ratibor faced the leaders of the Saxon army and pointed out that Stettin and Pomerania had already adopted Christianity. In 1148 Ratibor again confessed to the Christian faith in front of Saxon princes in Havelberg and vowed to work for the spread and defense of Christianity. In 1153 Ratibor founded the Stolpe monastery in Stolpe on the Peene , on the spot where his brother Wartislaw I was slain and a church was built in his memory.

Ratibor died on May 7, 1156. He was buried in the Grobe monastery on the island of Usedom (moved to Pudagla in 1309 ).

Ratibor's nephews Bogislaw I and Casimir I took over the government as dukes of Pomerania. Ratibor's own descendants, called the Ratiboriden line , ruled as princes in a smaller area in Western Pomerania, known as the Schlawe country or the Schlawe-Stolp rule .

Marriage and offspring

Ratibor I was married to Pribislawa (* unknown; † after 1156), who may be a daughter of Duke Bolesław III. Wrymouth of Poland was. From the marriage emerged:

See also

literature

  • Lutz Mohr : The Pomeranian Revenge. About the campaign of Duke Ratibor I against Kungälv in the heart of Scandinavia in 1135 according to a Scandinavian source . In: Bull and Griffin. Sheets on the cultural and regional history in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Vol. 11, Schwerin 2001, pp. 94-102.
  • Roderich SchmidtGrasping. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , pp. 29-33 ( digitized version ). Reprinted in: Roderich Schmidt: The historic Pomerania. People-places-events. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-27805-2 , pp. 117–123. (Mention in family article)
  • Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung Verlag, Stettin 1937, pp. 35–36.

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