Nako,Nakon,Nakko, orNacco (flourished 954 – c. 966) was anObotrite leader who, along with his brotherStoigniew, led the forces of aSlavicconfederacy in a revolt against theGermans, especiallyHerman Billung,Duke of Saxony.[1]
In 955 Nako and Stoignew were defeated at theBattle of Recknitz byOtto I of Germany. While Stoignew was beheaded, Nako probably acceptedChristianity, because there followed roughly thirty years of peace, during which, according toAdam of Bremen, the Slavs were Christian. Nako and his successors, theNakonids, resided in a "ringwall" of fortresses:Mecklenburg,Starigard,Liubice, andLenzen (Lunkini). When theSephardic geographerAbraham ben Jacob travelled through the territory, he referred to Mecklenburg, Nako's principal palace, as "Nako's castle."
He was succeeded by his sonsMstivoj andMstidrag, but they abandoned Christianity and revolted against the Germans again.
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