Pribislav
Pribislav
Date of birth unknown; died in 1178. Prince of the Bodrichi.
Pribislav received the land of the Bodrichi as a fief from Heinrich der Lowe around 1167. Pribislav converted to Christianity around 1163–64 and proceeded to Christianize the territories that he governed. He rose to the rank of imperial prince in 1170. Pribislav was the founder of the Mecklenburg dynasty.