Ratislaus the Wise of Rügen (German: also ''Ratze'', born before 1105, died 1141) was King of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

or Prince of the

Rugians The Rugii, Rogi or Rugians (), were one of the smaller Germanic peoples of Late Antiquity who are best known for their short-lived 5th-century kingdom upon the Roman frontier, near present-day Krems an der Donau in Austria. This kingdom, like t ...

(or

Rani ''Rani'' () is a female title, equivalent to queen, for royal or princely rulers in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It translates to 'queen' in English. It is also a Sanskrit Hindu feminine given name. The term applies equally to a ...

). He was a son of Vartislav (German: ''Wartislaw''). His grandfather was

Kruto Kruto the Wend (or Cruto) (died 1093), son of Grin or Grinus, was a prince of Wagria.Joachim Herrmann, ''Die Slawen in Deutschland'' (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1985), 366. James Westfall Thompson believed his family belonged to the Rani of Rugi ...

(also: Crito); his great grandfather was Grines (also: Grimmus). Ratislaus fought the prince of the

Obotrites The Obotrites (, ''Abodritorum'', ''Abodritos'') or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (), were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany (see Polabian Slavs). For ...

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, without success. His wife is believed to have been the sister of Prince Mitzlav of Gützkow, who was converted to Christianity in 1128 by Bishop

Otto of Bamberg Otto of Bamberg (1060 or 1061 – 30 June 1139) was a German missionary and papal legate who converted much of medieval Pomerania to Christianity. He was the bishop of Bamberg from 1102 until his death. He was canonized in 1189. Early life Thr ...

. His offspring were: *

Tetzlav Tetzlav, also known as ''Tezlaw'', ''Tetzlaw'' and ''Tetislaw'' (before 1163 – between 1170 and 1181) was a Prince of Rügen. Life According to the Pomeranian chronicler, Thomas Kantzow, he was a son of the Rani king, Ratislaus of Rügen ( ...

(died 1170), also known as ''Tezlaw, ''Tetzlaw'' or ''Tetislaw'', who from 1162 to 1170 was first King, later Prince of Rügen. *

Stoislav I Stoislav I (German: ''Stoislaw I.'') (died after 1193) may have been the progenitor of the aristocratic House of Putbus. According to the Pomeranian chronicler Thomas Kantzow, Stoislav was a son of Prince Ratislaus of Rügen (Ratze). Kantzow's ass ...

(died after 1193), also known as Stoislav of Putbus (''Stoislaw von Putbus''), the father of the

House of Putbus The House of Putbus, Pedebuz or Podebusk was a German noble family of high nobility, ultimately princely house in Pomerania, mainly on the island of Rügen, territories in northern Europe on the south Baltic Sea coast. __TOC__ History The ...

(died 1854) *

Jaromar I Jaromar is a masculine given name. It is the Polabian form of the West Slavic name, Jaromir. It may refer to: People: Jaromar, also Jaromar of Rügen, is the name of several members of Rügen's princely house: * Jaromar I (1141–1218), Prince o ...

(1170-1217), Prince of Rügen The church in Vilmitz may have been built by Stoislav I, whose inclusion as the brother of Tezlaw and Jaromar is vague. In the first documented mention in 1249, it states that the parish of ''Vylmenytze'' belonged to the estate of ''Borante de Borantenhagen'' and had already been founded by his ancestors. By 1351 the church in Vilmnitz was being mentioned as the burial site of the House of Putbus.

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