Editing Obotrites (section)

==List of Obotrite leaders==
[[File:Niklot statue.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Niklot]] (1090–1160), prince of the Obotritic confederation and founder of the [[House of Mecklenburg|Mecklenburg House]], [[Schwerin Castle]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
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! Ruler
! Reign
! Notes
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| [[Witzlaus (Obotrite prince)|Witzlaus]]
| ?–ca. 795
|-
| [[Thrasco (Obotrite prince)|Thrasco]]
| ?–ca. 795–810
|-
| [[Slavomir (Obotrite prince)|Slavomir]]
| ?–810–819
|Ally of the Frankish Empire. In 816, he joined the rebellion of the [[Sorbs]]. Eventually captured and abandoned by his own people, being replaced by Ceadrag in 818.
|-
| [[Ceadrag (Obotrite prince)|Ceadrag]]
|819–after 826
| Ally of the Frankish Empire. He rebelled against the Franks with alliance with the Danes, but later was reconciled with Franks.
|-
| [[Selibur]]
|-
| [[Nako (Obotrite leader)|Nako]]
| 954–966
| Nako and his brother Stoigniew were defeated at the [[Battle on the Raxa|Raxa river (955)]] by [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]], after which Stoigniew was beheaded and Nako accepted Christianity, resulting in thirty years of peace.
|-
| [[Mstivoj]] and Mstidrag
| 966–995
| Sons of Nako. They abandoned Christianity and revolted against the Germans ([[Great Slav Rising]]).
|-
| Mieceslas III
| 919–999
| in 995 defeated by [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor]].
|-
| [[Mistislaw|Mstislav]]
| 996–1018
|-
| [[Udo (Obotrite prince)|Udo]] or Przybigniew
| 1018–1028
|-
| [[Ratibor (Polabian prince)|Ratibor]]
| 1028–1043
|-
| [[Gottschalk (Obotrite prince)|Gottschalk]]
| 1043 to 1066
|-
| [[Budivoj]]
| 1066 and 1069
|-
| [[Kruto]]
| 1066–1069 and 1069–1093
|-
| [[Henry (Obotrite prince)|Henry]]
| 1093–1127
|-
| Canute & Sviatopolk
| 1127–1128
|-
| Sviatopolk
| 1128–1129
|-
| Zwinike
| 1129–1129
|-
| [[Canute Lavard|Canute]]
| 1129–1131
| Great-great-great-great-grandson of Mstivoj
|-
| [[Niklot]]
| 1131–1160
| Born around 1090. Also ruled the subdued Polabian Slav tribes of [[Kessinians]] and [[Circipania]]ns. 
|-
| [[Pribislav of Mecklenburg|Pribislav]]
| 1160–1167
| Last Obotrite prince. Accepted Saxon suzerainty in 1167.
|}

The rulers of Obotrite lands were later the [[dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg]].