The Saxon army directed against Demmin is…

August 1147 CE

The Saxon army directed against Demmin is led by several bishops, including those of Mainz, Halberstadt, Münster, Merseburg, Brandenburg, Olmütz, and Bishop Anselm of Havelberg.

While their stated goal is to achieve the conversion of the pagans, most also seek additional territory and tithe for their dioceses; Abbot Wibald of Corvey has gone in the hopes of acquiring the island of Rügen.

The Demmin campaign also includes the secular margraves Conrad I and Albert the Bear, who hope to expand their marches.

A Royal Polish contingent wants to add to the Bishopric of Lebus.

Marching from Magdeburg, Albert the Bear recovers Havelberg, lost since the 983 Slavic rebellion.

The crusaders then destroy a pagan temple and castle at Malchow.

After an unsuccessful siege of Demmin, …

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Demmin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany View →

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Polytheism (“paganism”) View → Wends, or Sorbs (West Slavs) View → Obotrites (Slavic tribal confederation) View → Denmark, Kingdom of View → Danes (Scandinavians) View → Saxony, Duchy of View → Holstein, County of View → Hamburg, Archbishopric of, and Bremen, Bishopric of View → German, or Ottonian (Roman) Empire View → Magdeburg, Archbishopric of View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Welf, House of View → Pomerania, Polish Duchy of View → Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of View →

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