As allies of the Carolingian kings and the empire of their Ottonian successors, the Obotrites fought from 808 to 1200 against the kings of Denmark, who wished to rule the Baltic region independently of the empire.
Como aliados dos reis carolinxios e do imperio dos seus sucesores otonianos, os obodritas combateron desde 808 ata 1200 contra os reis de Dinamarca, quen desexaban dominar a rexión báltica independentemente do imperio.