Niklot

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Niklot
Statue of Obotrite Prince Niklot at the Schwerin Castle (sculptor, Christian Genschow)
Born	1090
Died	August 1160 (aged 69–70)
Issue	Pribislav of Mecklenburg Wertislaw of Mecklenburg
Religion	Christianity, possibly Slavic paganism

Niklot or Nyklot (1090 – August 1160) was a chief or prince of the Slavic Obotrites and an ancestor of the House of Mecklenburg. He became chief of the Obotrite confederacy, including the Kissini and the Circipani, between the years 1130 and 1131. He remained in this position until his death in 1160. At the same time he was Lord of (Herr zu) Schwerin, Quetzin and Malchow. For nearly 30 years he resisted Saxon princes, especially Henry the Lion during the Wendish Crusade.