Kruto the Wend (or Cruto) (died 1093), son of Grin or Grinus, was a prince of Wagria. James Westfall Thompson believed his family belonged to the Rani...
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and more broadly as Wends, is a collective term applied to a number of Lechitic (West Slavic) tribes who lived scattered along the Elbe river in what is...
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killed by Kruto at Plön. Once Kruto reached old age, he was forced to defend against an invasion by Henry with Danish support in 1090. Kruto could not...
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Obotrites (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters)
sources as Wends. The main tribes of the Obotritic confederation were: the Obotrites proper (Wismar Bay to Lake Schwerin); the Wagrians (the eastern Holstein...
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to as "Wends". The 11th century founder of the Mecklenburgian dynasty of Dukes and later Grand Dukes, which lasted until 1918, was Nyklot of the Obotrites...
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Rani (tribe) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
1066 Kruto (according to some disputed theories a grandfather of Ratislav, considered to be a ruler of Rujána as the ruler of Lutici after the death...
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Lutici (category Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the symbol caption or type parameters)
independence. In 1090, the Obodrite prince Henry had consolidated the Obodrite realm with Danish and Saxon support, and killed his rival Kruto. After an Obodrite...
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