Pribislaw I

Pribislaw I, Lord of Parchim-Richenberg (between 15 1 Marriages and issue

February and 3 June 1224 after 12 February 1275), was
Lord of Parchim-Richenberg from 1238 to 1256. Pribislaw married twice. His rst wife was a daugh-
He was the youngest son of Prince Henry Borwin II, Lord ter of Richard of Friesack; his second wife was prob-
of Mecklenburg of Mecklenburg. When his father died, ably a daughter of Duke Barnim I of Pomerania. He
Pribislaw and his three brothers divided Mecklenburg; had a daughter and a son, Pribislaw II, who was Lord of
Pribislaw received the Lordship of Parchim-Richberg. Biaogard from 1270 to 1316.
As he was still a minor, his brother John I acted as his
guardian and regent until 1238, and he was raised at John
Is court. 2 References
He came of age in 1238 and moved into Parchim Castle.
His Lordship included the dominions of Parchim (includ-
ing Brenz and Rosengarten) and Ture, the bailiwicks of
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Plau, Goldberg, Sternberg and Richenberg (near Langen
Brtz on the river Warnow). He soon came into a border
dispute with the Count of Schwerin, who forced him to Literature about Pribislaw I in the State Bib-
hand over Brenz and Neustadt-Glewe. liography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-
After this feud, he managed to stabilize the economy Vorpommern
of his territory by founding the cities of Goldberg and
Sternberg and stimulating Jews to settle in Parchim. In Entry for Pribislaw I at www.genealogie-mittelalter.
1248, he granted city rights to Goldberg and Sternberg. de
In 1240, he founded Parchimer Neustadt on the west
bank of the Elde. In 1246, he brought members of the History of Pribislaw I
Franciscan Order into Parchim. In 1248, he moved his
Genealogy of the House of Mecklenburg
residence to the newly constructed Richenberg Castle, on
the Warnow near the village of Kritzow. Wilhelm Gottlieb Beyer: Urkundliche Geschichte
Probislaw twice came into a dispute with Bishop Rudolph des Frsten Pribislav I. von Parchim-Richenberg und
I of Schwerin, once about the payment of tithes and seiner Nachkommen
once when Rudolph constructed a castle too close to Helge Bei der Wieden (1990), Mecklenburg, Dy-
the border, in Btzow. Pribislaw felt threatened by the nastengeschlecht, Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB)
caste. He burned it down and took Rudolph prisoner (in German), 16, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp.
and locked him up in the dungeon of Richenberg Cas- 589594
tle. He demanded a modest ransom, which the bishopric
soon paid. Rudolph was released and then tried every
means to overthrow Pribislaw. Pribislaw was outlawed
and excommunicated. In 1255, Pribislaw was taken pris-
oner and handed over to Rudolph. His was removed from
power and his territory was divided among his brothers
and his brother-in-law, the Count of Schwerin. Pribislaw
went into exile in Pomerania, where he received the Lord-
ship of Biaogard as compensation. When Rudolph died
in 1262, Pribislaw hoped that he would be reinstated, but
his brothers refused this.
In 1270, Pribislaw renounced his claims to Parchim-
Richenberg and returned to Biaogard, where he died af-
ter 12 February 1275

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