Vitslav Prince of Rügen I

• Preferred Name: Vitslav Prince of Rügen I^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw Iii Prince Of Ruegen
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw III Prince of Rugen
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw III Prince Rugen
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlav Von Rugen III
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw Rugen Prince of Rugen III
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw III Prince Rugen
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw III Prince Of RhUGEN
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw Rugen Prince III
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw Rügen Prince III
  
• Alternate Name: Wizlaw III Prince Of Rügen
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 7 JUN 1249
  
• Birth: 1177 in Pomerania, Pomerania, Pomerania, Germany at LATI: N3.6667 LONG: E5
  
• Burial: 7 JUN 1249 in Bergen, Rügen, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany at LATI: N4.418 LONG: E3.4318
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Prince
  
• FSID: G7PH-6XH
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Wizlaw I (c. 1180 - 7 June 1250), variously called Vislav, Vizlav, Wislaw, Wizlaw and Witslaw in English sources, was a prince of Rügen.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  The first surviving mention of Vitslav I dates to 1193. His parents were Jaromar I and Hildegard of Denmark (ca. 1135), the daughter of Canute V of Denmark (ca. 1128 - 1157) and (Sophie?) Sverkersdotter of Sweden.
  
  In 1219, Vitslav took part in a campaign by his feudal lord, the King of Denmark Valdemar II , to Estonia . Following the resignation of his brother, Barnuta , Vitslav I was mentioned in documents in 1221 as the Prince of Rügen. This year is also the first time that there is a record of German settlers in the mainland territories of Rügen. In subsequent years, he again took part in wars on the side of Valdemar II, for example, in 1225 at the Battle of Mölln and in 1227 at the Battle of Bornhöved . Despite the defeat of the Danes, he held firmly to his feudal relation with Denmark. In 1231 he founded the Cistercian monastery of Neuenkamp (now Franzburg). In 1234, he gave Stralsund its town rights and granted the town privileges such as fishing rights and exemption from duty. During his reign, the Principality of Rügen reached its greatest extent.
  
  «b»Descendants«/b»
  With his wife Margarete (before 1200 - 5 March 1232), probably a niece of bishop Absalon and possibly a daughter of Sverker II of Sweden and Benedicta Ebbesdotter of Hvide, he had six sons whose names are known:
  
  1.) Jaroslav (* after 1215 - 1242/1243), from 1232 to 1242 Provost of Rügen and Tribsees
  
  2.) Peter (* after 1215 - 1237)
  
  3.) Vitslav (* ca. 1220 - 1243/44)
  
  4.) Burislav (* before 1231 - 1237)
  
  5.) Nicholas (* before 1231 - 1237)
  
  6.) Jaromar II (* 1218 - 1260), his successor (from 1245 co-ruler)
  
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  === Fst. v. Rügen u. Vorpommern 1221, dänisc ===
  Fst. v. Rügen u. Vorpommern 1221, dänischer Lehnsmann, urk. 1193-1249
  
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• m. 9 APR 1205 in Bergen Auf Ruegen,Pommern,Prussia

1. Eufemie of Rugen, b. ABT 1216 in Ruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia    
2. Jaromar von Rügen II, b. 1218 in Bergen Auf Ruegen,Pommern,Prussia     d. 20 AUG 1260 in Bergen Rügen, Rugen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Wizlav Von Rugen III -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
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2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Wizlav Von Rugen III -
   Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
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3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Wizlav Von Rugen III -
   Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
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