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Wizlaw I, Prince of Rügen
Wizlaw I was Prince of Rügen from about 1221 until his death, ruling as a vassal of Denmark. He held the island and a strip of the Pomeranian mainland, encouraged German settlement and founded monasteries, and in 1234 granted town rights to Stralsund, which became a leading Hanseatic port.
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