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Obotrites

8th–12th century · 8th century · Also known as Obodrites, Abodrites

The Obotrites were a confederation of West Slavic tribes in present-day Mecklenburg and eastern Holstein from the eighth to the twelfth centuries. Allies of Charlemagne against the Saxons, they received Nordalbingia after its people were deported in 804. Their princes later founded the dynasty of Mecklenburg, which ruled there until 1918.

Obotrites
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Obotrite Confederation

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