Tribal Confederation of the Obotrites
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A confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany. It later fell under the Influence of the Holy Roman Empire.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Disestablishment
February 962: Saxony was one of the Stem Duchies of the Holy Roman Empire.
Selected Sources
Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge University Press, p. 543
