Obotrite tribal federation

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West Slavic polity historical political entity medieval tribal confederation

The Obotrite tribal federation was a medieval confederation of West Slavic Obotrite tribes in the southern Baltic region that formed an important early political entity before the rise of German feudal states like the Duchy of Mecklenburg.

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Label Occurrences
Obotrite tribal federation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf West Slavic polity ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
medieval tribal confederation ⓘ
alliedWith Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire
borderedBy Baltic Sea ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
capital Liubice ⓘ
Starigard ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
dissolutionCause German feudal expansion ⓘ
integration into the Duchy of Mecklenburg ⓘ
ethnicComposition Wends ⓘ
surface form: Obotrites
ethnicGroup West Slavs ⓘ
floruit 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
governmentType tribal monarchy ⓘ
hasTribe Linonen ⓘ
Wends ⓘ
surface form: Obotrites

Wends ⓘ
surface form: Polabians

Wends ⓘ
surface form: Wagrians

Warnabi ⓘ
historicalRegion Pomerania ⓘ
surface form: Polabia
knownFor control of Baltic trade routes ⓘ
early Christianization efforts among Polabian Slavs ⓘ
resistance to German eastward expansion ⓘ
language Polabian language ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
locatedIn Holstein ⓘ
Mecklenburg ⓘ
Wagria ⓘ
modern-day northern Germany ⓘ
southern Baltic region ⓘ
notableRuler Gottschalk ⓘ
Henry of the Obotrites ⓘ
Nako ⓘ
opposedBy Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Saxon dukes ⓘ
partOf West Slavs ⓘ
surface form: Polabian Slavic area

Slavic settlement area along the Elbe ⓘ
politicalStructure federation of tribes ⓘ
predecessor independent Obotrite tribes ⓘ
religion Slavic paganism ⓘ
successor Duchy of Mecklenburg ⓘ
Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Saxony rule in the region
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ

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Duchy of Mecklenburg → precededBy → Obotrite tribal federation ⓘ