Vitslav III, Prince of Rügen

Vitslav III (1265/8–1325), variously called Vislav, Vizlav, Wislaw, Wizlaw and Witslaw in English sources, was the last Slavic ruler of the Danish Principality of Rugia. He is often identified with the author of the Minnesinger Vitslav of the Jenaer Liederhandschrift.

Vitslav III, Prince of Rügen
Seal of Vitslav III
Bornc. 1265
Diedc. 1325
Noble familyVitslav
FatherVitslav II, Prince of Rügen
MotherAgnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg

He was the son and successor of Vitslav II, and as such one of the Wizlawids descended from Kruto of Wagria. Born in either 1263 or 1268, he is attested in a document of 1283. At his father's death in 1302, Vitslav shared the throne of Rügen with his brother Sambor. There was rivalry between the two brothers, but Sambor died in 1304, and Wizlaw ruled alone until his death in 1325. Vitslav had two daughters, Euphemia and Agnes (wife of Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst), and a son, Jaromar. But Jaromar died in May 1325, shortly before his father, and Vitslav was facing the prospect of leaving no male heir.

Rügen would have fallen to Vitslav's nephew, Wartislaw IV, but Wartislav died in 1326, causing the Rügen war of succession.

The Minnesinger Vitslav is likely identical with Vitslav III. There are 14 songs and 13 poems by this author which are preserved as an addition to the Jenaer Liederhandschrift (foll. 72vb - 80vb)

Ancestors

Literature
  • Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen: Minnesinger, Deutsche Liederdichter des 12., 13. und 14. Jahrhunderts I - IV. Leipzig 1838, Nachdruck Aalen 1963 (Wizlaws Texte: S. 78–85, Band I, Wizlaws Melodien: S. 808–817, Band IV)
  • C. G. Fabricius: Urkunden zur Geschichte des Fürstentums Rügen unter den eingeborenen Fürsten., Stettin 1851
  • Ludwig Ettmüller: Des Fürsten von Rügen Wizlaws des Vierten Sprüche und Lieder in niederdeutscher Sprache. (Bibliothek der gesamten deutschen National-Literatur, 33. Band), Quedlinburg und Leipzig 1852, Neuausgabe durch Edition Rodopi, Amsterdam 1969
  • Theodor Pyl: Lieder und Sprüche des Fürsten Wizlaw von Rügen. Greifswald 1872
  • Franz Kuntze: Wizlaw III – Der letzte Fürst von Rügen. Halle a. S. 1893
  • Theodor Pyl (1898), "Wizlaw III.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 43, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 684–688
  • Georg Holz, Franz Saran, Eduard Bernoulli (eds.): Die Jenaer Liederhandschrift. Teil I. Getreuer Abdruck des Textes, hg. von Georg Holz, Teil II. Übertragung, Rhythmik und Melodik, bearb. von Eduard Bernoulli und Franz Saran, Leipzig 1901, Nachdruck Hildesheim 1966
  • Erich Gülzow: Des Fürsten Wizlaw von Rügen Minnelieder und Sprüche. Greifswald 1922
  • Ursula Scheil: Genealogie der Fürsten von Rügen (1164 - 1325). Greifswald 1945
  • Wesley Thomas, Barbara Garvey Seagrave: The Songs Of The Minnesinger, Prince Wizlaw Of Rügen. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina 1967
  • Sabine Werg: Die Sprüche und Lieder Wizlavs von Rügen. Untersuchungen und kritische Ausgabe der Gedichte. Hamburg 1969
  • Birgit Spitschuh: Wizlaw von Rügen: eine Monographie. Greifswald 1989
  • Burghart Wachinger: Wizlav. In: Verfasserlexikon 10/1999, S. 1292-1298
  • Reinhard Bleck: Untersuchungen zur sogenannten Spruchdichtung und zur Sprache des Fürsten Wizlaw III. von Rügen. In: Göppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik. 681/2000, Kümmerle Verlag
  • Lothar Jahn: Nach der sehnenden Klage muss ich singen - Schlaglichter auf die Musik des Minnesängers Wizlaw: In: Karfunkel Musica. 1/2005, Wald-Michelbach, S. 44–49
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Vitslav III, Prince of Rügen
House of Vitslav
Born: c.  1265 Died: 1325
Preceded by
Vitslav II		 Prince of Rügen
1304–1325		 Succeeded by
Wartislaw IV
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