Wizlaw I. was a Prince of Rügen

Rügen

Rügen is Germany's largest island. Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.- Geography :Rügen is located off the north-eastern coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea...

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Life

The first surviving mention of Wizlaw I dates to 1193. His parents were Jaromar I

Jaromar I, Prince of Rügen

-Background:Jaromar was a Ranish nobleman, who was a native of the island of Rügen. Jaromar rose to be ruler of the Principality of Rügen as result of the Danish conquest of Rügen in 1168...

 and Hildegard of Denmark (c 1135), the daughter of Canute V of Denmark

Canute V of Denmark

Canute V of Denmark was a Swedish prince and King of Denmark from 1146 to 1157, as co-regent in shifting alliances with his Sweyn III and Valdemar I. Canute was killed at the so-called Bloodfeast of Roskilde in 1157. Nothing certain is known about his person and character.-Biography:Canute was...

 (ca. 1128–1157) and (Sophie?) Sverkersdotter of Sweden.

Descendants

With his wife Margarete (before 1200 - 5 March 1232), probably a niece of bishop Absalon

Absalon

Absalon was a Danish archbishop and statesman, who was the Bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and Archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and churchfather of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, and was the closest advisor of King Valdemar I of...

, he had six sons whose names are known:

• Jaroslaw (* after 1215, † 1242/1243), von 1232 bis 1242 Propst
  Propst
  Probst or Propst is a German ecclesiastical title. The English equivalent is provost.Sometimes the Probst had a region attached, this was called Probstei.-Konsistorialbezirk St...
  
   von Rügen und Tribsees
  Tribsees
  Tribsees is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated 33 km southwest of Stralsund, and 40 km east of Rostock....
  
  
• Petrus (* after 1215, † 1237)
• Wizlaw (* c 1220, † 1243/44)
• Burislaw (* before 1231, † 1237)
• Nikolaus (* before 1231, † 1237)
• Jaromar II (* 1218, † 1260), his successor (from 1245 Mitregent)

External links

• The children of Jaromar I on the private homepage of Jens Ruge Die Wizlawiden − das slawische Fürstenhaus Rügens.