For decades, Magnus, Eric of Denmark, and the margraves of the Northern March (Udo II, Henry I, and Udo III) struggled to subdue Kruto, but only Eric came close.
Udo Kier | Margrave | Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | Henry, Margrave of Frisia | Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal | Udo Lindenberg | margrave | Udo Jürgens | Lothair I | Werner, Margrave of the Nordmark | Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg | John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Gunzelin, Margrave of Meissen | George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | Boniface I, Margrave of Tuscany | Bernard, Margrave of the Nordmark | Udo Weilacher | Udo Schütz | Udo Recker | Udo Dirkschneider | Udo | Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt | Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark | Margrave of Tuscany | Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | Lothair II | John I, Margrave of Brandenburg | Gunther, Margrave of Merseburg | Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
On the Saxon side, in addition to Count Otto of Northeim and Bishop Burchard II von Halberstadt, were Magnus Billung, meanwhile Duke of Saxony, Margrave Lothair Udo II of the Nordmark and Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, who was killed in battle, as well as the Saxon count palatine Frederick II of Goseck and Count Dietrich II of Katlenburg.