Blus was an
Obotrite noble, brother-in-law of prince
Gottschalk Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as " servant of God". Latin forms include ''Godeschalcus'' and ''Godescalcus''.
Given name
* Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke
*Godescal ...
, who, after Gottshalk's death in 1066 led a pagan uprising in Obotrite territory. The pagan Slavs exiled Gottschalk's Christian wife and killed the bishop of Mecklenburg,
John Scotus, whose head was sent to the city of
Radgosc. Blus for a brief period led the Obotrites and it was under his command that their forces sacked
Hamburg and
Hedeby.
Blus was killed in 1067 during a
wiec of West Slavic nobility in unclear circumstances. In 1068
Bishop Burchard of
Halberstadt captured and burned Radgosc. The Obotrites chose
Kruto who led the rebellion until 1098.
References
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Obotrites
1067 deaths
Year of birth unknown