Woizlawa

Woizlawa († 1172 , buried in Althof ) was the second wife of Pribislaw , the last prince of the Obotrites and first lord of Mecklenburg .

Woizlawa's origin is unclear. The medieval chronicler Ernst von Kirchberg assumed a Scandinavian descent, but there is no further evidence for this. Perhaps she was instrumental in founding the Doberan Monastery . Woizlawa is said to have died in childbed in 1172.

child

Heinrich Borwin I , ruler in Mecklenburg from 1178 to 1227.

Individual evidence

^ Sven Wichert: The Doberan Cistercian Monastery in the Middle Ages. Lukas, Berlin 2000. - 287 pp.: Ill., Graph. Darst .. - (= Studies on the history, art and culture of the Cistercians, Volume 9. ) ISBN 3-931836-34-7 , p. 15 ( Google Books ).
^ Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 15 1850, p. 166 ( Google Books ).

personal data
SURNAME	Woizlawa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Wife of Pribislaw, the last prince of the Obotrites and first lord of Mecklenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH	1172
Place of death	Althof

[1] Sven Wichert: The Doberan Cistercian Monastery in the Middle Ages. Lukas, Berlin 2000. - 287 pp.: Ill., Graph. Darst .. - (= Studies on the history, art and culture of the Cistercians, Volume 9. ) ISBN 3-931836-34-7 , p. 15 ( Google Books ).

[2] Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 15 1850, p. 166 ( Google Books ).