WI: Wendish Denmark

Okay, let's say Denmark in this ATL is much more chaotic and divided in the 10th and 11th centuries. Say that the House of Olof takes more land, and prevents a completely unified Denmark from emerging.

Then fast-forward to 983, and Mistivoj and the Obotrites revolt against Germany. So ITTL the revolt succeeds, and the Germans are driven east of the Elbe.

In the 11th century in OTL, the Wends conducted massive raids and invasions of Denmark. So what if the more united Wends launch a full invasion of the Jutland peninsula? What would happen if the Danes and Norwegians had lost at Hedeby in 1043? With waves of Wendish settlers driving out the Danish population, where would the refugees go?

Let's assume that Magnus the Great dies at Hedeby. So both Denmark and Norway lack a ruler, so prove unable to defeat the Jutish settlers. By 1100 the population of Jutland is mostly Wends, the Danes having fled brutal Wendish (who rape, pillage, loot, and sack like the Vikings they emulated IOTL) and settled in Gotaland, Sweden, and / or Norway. How does history proceed from there?


Also, if the first stuff is implausible, then you can use the 1043 Battle of Hedeby (Danish-Norwegian victory in OTL) as a POD.
 
To prevent a quick reconquest, maybe there could be a civil war in Norway over various claimants to the throne after the death of Magnus. I bet a large part of the Danish population would flee like you said. They would probably settle in Norway, although England is not out of the question. Maybe Magnus's successor would use the energy of these Danes to invade Edward the Confessor's England?

I doubt the Wends would be able to control Zealand, Fyn, or Scania, so they would stay under Danish rule. Come to think of it, a lot of the Danes would probably go to those three places.

If Wendmark (stupid name, I know) remained independent for a few more centuries (if nothing else goes well for the Slavs), I could see it following a pattern similar to Pomerania in OTL: the ruler invites Germans to settle, and the area is eventually Germanized. However, Wendmark might be in a somewhat better position than Pomerania, so it might avoid Germanization.
 

Valdemar II

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The primary problem is that Denmark has a lot bigger population than the Wend, beside that I can't see the Wend keep the Germans out for more than a few decades. The Wendish areas was deeply underpopulated compared to their Germanic neighbours.
 
The primary problem is that Denmark has a lot bigger population than the Wend, beside that I can't see the Wend keep the Germans out for more than a few decades. The Wendish areas was deeply underpopulated compared to their Germanic neighbours.
What if some kind of plague devastated Denmark, but at the same time an earlier POD was used to make the Wends more populous?
 
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