Budivoj
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Budivoj, Buthue, or Butue (Polish
Budziwoj) (died 1075) was the eldest son of Gottschalk, an Abodrite prince, by a mistress. He allied with the Dukes of Saxony in order to recover the power and position of his father, lost since Gottschalk's death (1066) to the pagan Kruto
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popular among West Slavs
cognate with the slavic word for budi (Polish budzić, Czech
budit) means "awake" and "woj" or "wój" means "warrior". Thus the name has meaning "This who awake warriors". After the name is also name of village in Poland Budziwój
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, Pribislav
was probably his son. Budivoj was praised by contemporaries and later writers for his hospitality and Christianity
. Budivoj's younger brother Henry
eventually avenged Gottschalk's death and took over the Abodrite lands.
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
Budziwoj) (died 1075) was the eldest son of Gottschalk, an Abodrite prince, by a mistress. He allied with the Dukes of Saxony in order to recover the power and position of his father, lost since Gottschalk's death (1066) to the pagan Kruto
Kruto
Kruto , son of Grin or Grinus, was a prince of Wagria. James Westfall Thompson believed his family belonged to the Rani of Rugia....
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Meaning of the name
Budivoj or Budziwoj is an old Slavic nameSlavic name
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most popular in Slavic countries such as Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and others.-History of Slavic names:...
popular among West Slavs
West Slavs
The West Slavs are Slavic peoples speaking West Slavic languages. They include Poles , Czechs, Slovaks, Lusatian Sorbs and the historical Polabians. The northern or Lechitic group includes, along with Polish, the extinct Polabian and Pomeranian languages...
cognate with the slavic word for budi (Polish budzić, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
budit) means "awake" and "woj" or "wój" means "warrior". Thus the name has meaning "This who awake warriors". After the name is also name of village in Poland Budziwój
Budziwój
Budziwój is a district of the city of Rzeszów. Until 31 December 2009 it was a part of the administrative district of Gmina Tyczyn, within Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland....
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Biography
In 1075, Budivoj was led into a trap at Plune by Kruto and killed. According to HelmoldHelmold
Helmold of Bosau was a Saxon historian of the 12th century and a priest at Bosau near Plön. He was a friend of the two bishops of Oldenburg in Holstein, Vicelinus and Gerold , who did much to Christianize the Polabian Slavs.Helmold was born near Goslar...
, Pribislav
Pribislav (Wagrian prince)
Pribislav was a 12th century prince of the West Slavic Obotrites with his power base in Wagria.Pribislav was the son of Budivoj...
was probably his son. Budivoj was praised by contemporaries and later writers for his hospitality and Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
. Budivoj's younger brother Henry
Henry (Obotrite prince)
Henry was an Obotrite prince or king from the Nakonid dynasty; he was regarded by contemporaries as "King of the Slavs"...
eventually avenged Gottschalk's death and took over the Abodrite lands.