Tetzlav

Tezlaw, also Tetzlaw, Tetislaw ( * before 1163, † 1170-1181 ) was a prince of Rügen.

Life

After Pomeranian chronicler Thomas Kantzow he was a son of the Terran King Ratislaus of Rügen ( 1105-1140 ). Even before the first mention by Saxo Grammaticus Tezlaws for the year 1164 as Rügischer King were the Ranen target of several military expeditions of the Danish king Valdemar I and the Saxon Duke Henry the Lion. Tezlaw and his brother mitregierender Jaromar had to multiply the suzerainty of the respective Conqueror recognize, among others, by participating in 1162 in a campaign against Valdemar Wolgast and 1163 at the inauguration of the Lübeck Cathedral against Henry the Lion.

After the Danes under Waldemar I. and Bishop Absalon of Roskilde in 1168, the Jaromarsburg conquered Tezlaw and Jaromar gave their headquarters and Tempelort Charenza without a fight after negotiations. By recognizing the suzerainty of the King of Denmark and the adoption of Christianity they secured control of Rügen. This was done in particular through the disempowerment of this was Swantewit priests that were previously in reputation over the secular rulers. Tezlaw wore from then on the title of Prince of Rügen. As vassals of the Danes Ranen soon took again part in military campaigns against the Pomeranian, among other things, in the siege of Stettin in 1170 by Waldemar I..

For 1170 Tezlaw is the last time mentioned in written sources. 1181 was his brother Jaromar I. sole Prince of Rügen. The Tetzlawstraße in Stralsund is named after him.