Ratibor I (''Racibor'') ( 1124 – 1156) of the
House of Pomerania
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(''Griffins'') was
Duke of Pomerania
This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania.
Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania)
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Non-dynastic
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. He was married to Pribislawa, and was the ancestor of the ''Ratiborides'' sideline of the Griffins.
Initially he might have ruled the
Land of Słupsk-Sławno
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The are ...
and also ruled the
duchy of his brother Wartislaw I
Wartislaw I (''Warcisław I''; – August 9, 1135) was the first historical ruler of the Duchy of Pomerania and the founder of the Griffin Dynasty.
Most of the information about him comes from the writings on the life of Otto of Bamberg. He w ...
who was slain by pagans in place of his minor sons from 1136 to 1156.
In 1135, he
raided the Norwegian city of Kungahälla (now
Kungälv
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in
Sweden
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).
During the
Wendish Crusade
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in 1147, he managed to end the siege of
Szczecin
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together with
Wolin bishop Adalbert
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.
Family
In 1153, Ratibor and Adalbert founded
Stolpe Abbey at the
Peene
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Geography
The Westpeene, with the Ostpeene as its longer tributary, and the Kleine Peene/Teterower Peene (with a ''Peene '' without specification (or ''Nordpeene'') as its smaller and shorter affluent) f ...
River near
Gützkow
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.
With Pribislawa Iaroslavovna (Princess of
Volhynia
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), he had at least four children.
* Swantepolk II (or Swantopolk), who succeeded his father in Słupsk-Sławno
* Margareta (or Margarete) ∞
Bernhard I of Ratzeburg
* Bogislav (or Wartislaw)
* Dobroslawa
See also
*
List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes
This is a list of the duchies and dukes of Pomerania.
Dukes of the Slavic Pomeranian tribes (All Pomerania)
The lands of Pomerania were firstly ruled by local tribes, who settled in Pomerania around the 10th and 11th centuries.
Non-dynastic
...
*
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw ...
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Duchy of Pomerania
The Duchy of Pomerania (; ; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–11 ...
*
House of Pomerania
The House of Griffin or Griffin dynasty, (; , ; Latin: ''Gryphes''), or House of Pomerania (see ), was a dynasty ruling the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637. The name "Griffins" was used by the dynasty after the 15th century ...
*
Lands of Schlawe and Stolp
The Schlawe and Stolp Land (also known as Słupsk and Sławno Land) is a historical region in Pomerania, centered on the towns of Sławno (''Schlawe'') and Słupsk (''Stolp'') in Farther Pomerania (Eastern Pomerania), present-day Poland.
The are ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ratibor 01, Duke of Pomerania
1120s births
1156 deaths
Christians of the Wendish Crusade
Dukes of Pomerania
12th-century Polish nobility
Year of birth uncertain