170:. This Nakonid principality, the Obotrites Confederation as it is sometimes called, was composed of these and other smaller tribes each under its own chieftain, but with all recognising the overlordship of the Obotrites chief, perhaps because they served as a buffer (
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are important sources for
Nakonid history. Despite these sources, uncertainty exists concerning the nature of the Nakonid rule over their people. Historiographers sometimes call them
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to avoid the pressures of Saxon missionary work and the tithes and other taxes imposed by the Saxon Church. However, the other tribes each had their own favoured divinities (
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are mostly associated with the Slavic uprising of 983. All of them either abandoned
Christianity or were "bad Christians" (at least for a time). Udo's successor,
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origin and engineered the formation of a Slavic principality in the region. They became extinct in the male line in the early 12th century. Their capital was
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is said to have "feared him as king." Had he not died in a pagan uprising, "he would have brought all pagans to the
Christian faith." His son
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drew many Slavs to their banner by offering a
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Obotrites in 1128 by Emperor
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in 955. He established his seat at
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Nako turned to Christianity after his defeat in the
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162:with their capital at
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389:German noble families
320:, III, 805–806.
274:. After a sojourn in
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203:to the east and the
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241:Saxon Christianity
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284:Diocese of Bremen
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268:Gottschalk
166:, and the
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41:Elbe River
379:Obotrites
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229:Swantewit
192:in 798.
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221:Radegast
119:tyrannus
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328:Sources
280:England
272:Ratibor
252:Mstivoj
213:Denmark
168:Warnabi
160:Linonen
152:Liubice
111:regulus
83:Helmold
39:of the
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209:Piasts
205:Polani
201:Veleti
197:Baltic
182:Franks
178:Saxons
164:Lenzen
158:, the
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302:Notes
288:Henry
233:Rugia
217:Prove
107:Latin
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