{"slug": "wends", "label": "Wends", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wends", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158281", "qid": "Q158281", "description": "ethnic group , name given by the Germanic peoples to the Slavic peoples of Weonodland in central and northern Europe", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [632, 1210], "span_label": ["632 CE", "1210 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-germany", "label": "Kingdom of Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elbe", "label": "Elbe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brandenburg", "label": "Brandenburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "obotrites", "label": "Obotrites", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-the-pious", "label": "Louis the Pious", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "copenhagen", "label": "Copenhagen", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 632, "year_label": "632 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Part of Samo's rebellion, Alciocus leads 9,000 Bulgars from Pannonia to refuge with Dagobert (who massacres them), then, with 700 survivors, settles with the Wends, under the protection of Walluc.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370178497#Europe", "title": "632", "revid": 1370178497, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Louis the Pious begins a military campaign against the Wends and Sorbs. Duke Tunglo surrenders his son as hostage, and submits to Frankish rule (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Europe", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 937, "year_label": "937 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Gero succeeds his brother Siegfried after his death. King Otto I appoints him as count and margrave of a vast border region around Merseburg that abuts the Wends on the River Saale (Lower Saxony).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367668437#Europe", "title": "937", "revid": 1367668437, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 983, "year_label": "983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Great Slav Rising: The Polabian Slavs (Wends), mainly Lutici and Obotrite tribes living east of the Elbe River revolt against Christianity and their subjugation to the German (former East Frankish) realm of the Holy Roman Empire. They invade northern Germany, sacking the cities of Havelberg, Brandenburg and Hamburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908613#Europe", "title": "983", "revid": 1341908613, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Pope Eugene III issues a bull (known as the Divina dispensatione), permitting Conrad III to attack the Polabian Slavs (or Wends) under the spiritual guidance of Bishop Anselm of Havelberg. The Crusaders are allowed to wear sacred crosses, and Bernard of Clairvaux instructs the Germans how to treat the Slavs under their control. \"With God's help\", says the abbot, \"they shall be either converted or slaughtered\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Europe", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first synod at Lund. He is granted land around the city of \"Havn\" (modern-day Copenhagen) and fortifies the coastal defence against the Wends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361983030#Religion", "title": "1167", "revid": 1361983030, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1168, "year_label": "1168 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Valdemar I (\"the Great\") of Denmark conquers the Wendish capital at Arkona on the island of Rügen (modern Germany). The Wends become Christians and subject to Danish suzerainty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165077#Europe", "title": "1168", "revid": 1362165077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1210, "year_label": "1210 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – Eric X is crowned – which is the first known coronation of a Swedish king. He strengthens his relationship with his brother-in-law, King Valdemar II of Denmark (\"the Conqueror\"). Shortly after, Valdemar conquers Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk) on the Baltic coast, and Eastern Pomerania from the Slavonic Wends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321284058#Europe", "title": "1210", "revid": 1321284058, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}