sentences:  Pribislav's restoration to power established an originally Slavic dynasty in Mecklenburg that lasted until 1918.In comparison, the lands of the Polabians and Wagrians to the west had been taken over by Saxon lords.The date of Pribislav's conversion to Roman Catholic Christianity is disputed; it has been dated to before the death of Niklot in 1160 or to the prince's restoration to power in 1167.