obotrites

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Tribal Confederation of the Obotrites

Obotritic confederation

Establishment

January 796: The Obotrites established a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany.

Chronology

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1. Hungarian invasions of Europe

The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

January 920: In 919, after the death of Conrad I of Germany, the Magyars raided Saxony, Lotharingia and West France.

February 920: End of the 919 Magyar raid in Saxony, Lotharingia and West France.

January 934: In 933, a substantial Magyar army appeared in Saxony.

February 934: An invading Magyar army is defeated by Henry I of Germany at Merseburg (15 March 933).

January 937: Hungarian raid against Saxony (in 936).

February 937: Hungarian raid against Saxony (in 936). The territories were left after the raid.

January 939: In 938, the Magyars repeatedly attacked Saxony.

February 939: In 938, the Magyars repeatedly attacked Saxony. The territories were left after the raid.

2. Battle of Lenzen

Was a land battle between a Saxon army of the Kingdom of Germany and the armies of the Slavic Redarii and Linonen peoples.

August 929: The Saxons laid siege to Lenzen, a Slavic fortress.

September 929: Battle of Lenzen.

3. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

3.1.German Annexation of Eider and Schlei territories

Henry the Fowler, King of East Francia, invaded the territories between the rivers Eider and Schlei.

January 935: The King of East Francia Henry the Fowler attacked the Danes 934 and conquered the territories between the rivers Eider and Schlei.

3.2.Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

February 962: Saxony was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 799: In the Battle of Bornhöved in 798 the Obodrites, led by Drożko, allied with the Franks, defeated the Nordalbingian Saxons.

January 930: Marca Geronis was a medieval territory in East Francia, created in the 920s for Thietmar, a nobleman and military leader.

January 936: The Billung March was formed in 936, when Otto II, Duke of Saxony and King of East Francia, made Hermann Billung princeps militiae (margrave, literally "prince of the militia"), granting him control of the border with rule over the West Slavic Obotrite tribes, including the Polabians, Warnabi and Wagri, as well as the Redarii, Circipani, and Kissini tribes of the Veleti confederation, and the Danes, who had repeatedly campaigned the territory.

January 984: Like the adjacent Northern March, the March of Billung was finally abandoned following the uprising of the Obotrites and Veleti in 983.

January 984: The rebellion of 983, initiated by the Lutici, led to a factual disestablishment of the Northern and Billung marches as well as the corresponding bishoprics.

January 1122: The Duchy of Pomerania was established as a vassal state of Poland in 1121.

January 1148: The Wendish Crusade of 1147, concurrent to the Second Crusade, was largely unsuccessful, resulting in devastation to the Liutizi lands and forced baptisms. The campaign did secure Saxon control of Wagria and Polabia, however.