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{{Short description|9th-century Slavic prince}}
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] around 833]] ] around 833]]


'''Pribina''' (c. 800{{spaced ndash}}861) was a ] prince whose adventurous career, recorded in the '']'' (a historical work written in 870), illustrates the political volatility of the Franco&ndash;Slavic frontiers of his time.<ref>Goldberg 2006, pp. 16., 83-84.</ref> Pribina was the first ruler of Slavic origin to build a ] church on Slavic territory in ], and also the first to accept baptism.<ref>Spiesz ''et al.'' 2006, p. 20.</ref> '''Pribina''' (c. 800{{spaced ndash}}861) was a ] prince whose adventurous career, recorded in the '']'' (a historical work written in 870), illustrates the political volatility of the Franco&ndash;Slavic frontiers of his time.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|pp=16, 83–84}}</ref> Pribina was the first ruler of Slavic origin to build a ] church on Slavic territory in ], and also the first to accept baptism.<ref>Spiesz ''et al.'' 2006, p. 20.</ref>


He was attacked and expelled from his homeland by ], ].<ref name='Curta 333'>{{harvnb|Curta|2006|p=333}}</ref> Pribina first fled to Ratpot, one of the border lords in ].<ref name='Curta 333'/> Thereafter he was wandering in ] and ] for several years.<ref name='Curta 333'/> Finally, in the late 830s, ], king of East Francia granted Pribina lands near ] (now in ]) where he set up his own principality under the king's suzerainty.<ref name='Curta 333'/><ref name='Kirschbaum 232'>{{harvnb|Kirschbaum|2007|p=232}}</ref> He died fighting against the ].<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=267}}</ref> He was attacked and expelled from his homeland by ], ].<ref name='Curta 333'>{{harvnb|Curta|2006|p=333}}</ref> Pribina first fled to ], one of the border lords in ].<ref name='Curta 333'/> Thereafter he was wandering in ] and ] for several years.<ref name='Curta 333'/> Finally, in the late 830s, ], king of East Francia granted Pribina lands near ] (now in ]) where he set up his own principality under the king's suzerainty.<ref name='Curta 333'/><ref name='Kirschbaum 232'>{{harvnb|Kirschbaum|2007|p=232}}</ref> He died fighting against the ].<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|p=267}}</ref>


== Early life == == Early life ==
According to a marginal notation to the ''Conversion'' that has by now been incorporated into its main text, Pribina's allodial lands were situated ''in Nitrava ultra Danuvium'' where Archbishop ] (821&ndash;836) consecrated a church,<ref name='Goldberg 84'>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=84}}</ref><ref name='Bowlus 105'>{{harvnb|Bowlus|1994|p=105}}</ref> Since ''Nitrava'' has been identified, although not unanimously, with modern Nitra in Slovakia, Pribina is considered to have ruled the large early medieval fortress excavated at that town.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref name='Bowlus 105'/> The consecration of the church in ''Nitrava'' took place around 827, thus it was the first church in all ] whose existence is documented in writing.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=17}}</ref> That the church was consecrated for Pribina himself (who, all the same, still remained a ]), or for his wife cannot be decided.<ref name='Vlasto 24'>{{harvnb|Vlasto|1970|p=24}}</ref><ref>Sommer ''et al.'' 2007, p. 221.</ref> She seems to have been a member of the ]n ] family.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/> According to a marginal notation to the ''Conversion'' that has by now been incorporated into its main text, Pribina's allodial lands were situated ''in Nitrava ultra Danuvium'' where Archbishop ] (821&ndash;836) consecrated a church,<ref name='Goldberg 84'>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|p=84}}</ref><ref name='Bowlus 105'>{{harvnb|Bowlus|1994|p=105}}</ref> Since ''Nitrava'' has been identified, although not unanimously, with modern Nitra in Slovakia, Pribina is considered to have ruled the large early medieval fortress excavated at that town.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref name='Bowlus 105'/> The consecration of the church in ''Nitrava'' took place around 827, thus it was the first church in all ] whose existence is documented in writing.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=17}}</ref> That the church was consecrated for Pribina himself (who, all the same, still remained a ]), or for his wife cannot be decided.<ref name='Vlasto 24'>{{harvnb|Vlasto|1970|p=24}}</ref><ref>Sommer ''et al.'' 2007, p. 221.</ref> She seems to have been a member of the ]n ] family.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/>


Whether Pribina held ''Nitrava'' as a lieutenant of Mojmir I, the first known ruler of Moravia, or he was – maybe the second or third – prince of ] is still debated by modern historians.<ref name='Vlasto 24'/><ref>Kirschbaum 2007, pp. 207., 232.</ref> The best source of his life,<ref name='SZŐKE'/> the '']'' never regarded him as ''dux'' (gentilis).<ref name='SZŐKE'>SZŐKE, Béla Miklós, , p. 2.</ref> Nevertheless, according to the ''Conversion'', he was "driven across the ] by Mojmir, duke of the Moravians" shortly after the defense of the ] in East Francia had been taken over by Ratpot in around 833.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref>Bowlus 1994, pp. 101., 104., 106.</ref><ref name='Bartl 19'>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=19}}</ref> Whether Pribina held ''Nitrava'' as a lieutenant of Mojmir I, the first known ruler of Moravia, or he was – maybe the second or third – prince of ] is still debated by modern historians.<ref name='Vlasto 24'/><ref>Kirschbaum 2007, pp. 207., 232.</ref> The best source of his life,<ref name='SZŐKE'/> the '']'' never regarded him as ''dux'' (gentilis).<ref name='SZŐKE'>SZŐKE, Béla Miklós, , p. 2.</ref> Nevertheless, according to the ''Conversion'', he was "driven across the ] by Mojmir, duke of the Moravians" shortly after the defense of the ] in East Francia had been taken over by Ratpot in around 833.<ref name='Goldberg 84'/><ref>Bowlus 1994, pp. 101., 104., 106.</ref><ref name='Bartl 19'>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=19}}</ref>
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Pribina's main duty was to gather the groups of Slavs who were fleeing from various directions, and to keep them loyal to the Franks.<ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/> For this purpose, he began to build in 846 a large fortress as his seat of power in the region of ], in a territory of modern ] surrounded by forests and swamps along the river ].<ref name='Bartl 19'/><ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/><ref name='Goldberg 85'>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=85}}</ref> His extremely well fortified castle that became known as ''Blatnohrad'' (''Blatnograd''){{sfn|Chropovský|1989|p=73}} or ''Moosburg'' ("Swamp Fortress") served as a bulwark both against the ] and the Moravians.<ref name='Bartl 19'/><ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/><ref name='Goldberg 85'/> Pribina's authority stretched from the ] river to the north, to ] to the southeast, and to ] to the West.<ref>{{harvnb|Luthar|2008|p=105}}</ref> Pribina's main duty was to gather the groups of Slavs who were fleeing from various directions, and to keep them loyal to the Franks.<ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/> For this purpose, he began to build in 846 a large fortress as his seat of power in the region of ], in a territory of modern ] surrounded by forests and swamps along the river ].<ref name='Bartl 19'/><ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/><ref name='Goldberg 85'>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|p=85}}</ref> His extremely well fortified castle that became known as ''Blatnohrad'' (''Blatnograd''){{sfn|Chropovský|1989|p=73}} or ''Moosburg'' ("Swamp Fortress") served as a bulwark both against the ] and the Moravians.<ref name='Bartl 19'/><ref name='Róna-Tas 243'/><ref name='Goldberg 85'/> Pribina's authority stretched from the ] river to the north, to ] to the southeast, and to ] to the West.<ref>{{harvnb|Luthar|2008|p=105}}</ref>


Pribina undertook to Christianize the local population and built churches in the region.<ref name='Kirschbaum 232'/> At his request, the archbishop of Salzburg consecrated a number of churches in Lower Pannonia, among them one at modern ].<ref>{{harvnb|Curta|2006|p=134}}</ref> Pribina also made a donation of three hundred homesteads and vineyards on a knee of the river Zala to the ], which was confirmed in 860 by Louis the German.<ref>{{harvnb|Bowlus|1994|p=134}}</ref> Pribina undertook to Christianize the local population and built churches in the region.<ref name='Kirschbaum 232'/> At his request, the archbishop of Salzburg consecrated a number of churches in Lower Pannonia, among them one at modern ].<ref>{{harvnb|Curta|2006|p=134}}</ref> Pribina also made a donation of three hundred homesteads and vineyards on a knee of the river Zala to the ], which was confirmed in 860 by Louis the German.<ref>{{harvnb|Bowlus|1994|p=134}}</ref>


Pribina seems to have played a prominent role in Louis the German's campaigns against Mojmir I of Moravia.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=139}}</ref> For example, in 846 the king made a generous gift of one hundred homesteads in the Bavarian marches to him, presumably in order to help supply Pribina's troops in the upcoming campaign.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|pp=139–140}}</ref> Moreover, in 847 Louis the German converted all Pribina's ]s near Lake Balaton, save those he held from the archbishop of Salzburg, into personal property in order to reward him for his loyal service, presumably in the recent campaigns against the ]s and the Moravians.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|p=142}}</ref> Pribina seems to have played a prominent role in Louis the German's campaigns against Mojmir I of Moravia.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|p=139}}</ref> For example, in 846 the king made a generous gift of one hundred homesteads in the Bavarian marches to him, presumably in order to help supply Pribina's troops in the upcoming campaign.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|pp=139–140}}</ref> Moreover, in 847 Louis the German converted all Pribina's ]s near Lake Balaton, save those he held from the archbishop of Salzburg, into personal property in order to reward him for his loyal service, presumably in the recent campaigns against the ]ns and the Moravians.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|p=142}}</ref>


There is some uncertainty about Pribina's death.<ref name='Róna-Tas 244'>{{harvnb|Róna-Tas|1999|p=244}}</ref> He may have been killed in a battle with the Moravians who supported Louis the German's son, ] in a revolt against the king, or he may have been captured and handed over to the Moravians by Carloman.<ref name='Róna-Tas 244'/><ref>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=20}}</ref> His son, Koceľ was installed as the ruler of Lower Pannonia in 864 by Louis the German.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2006|pp=273–274}}</ref> There is some uncertainty about Pribina's death.<ref name='Róna-Tas 244'>{{harvnb|Róna-Tas|1999|p=244}}</ref> He may have been killed in a battle with the Moravians who supported Louis the German's son, ] in a revolt against the king, or he may have been captured and handed over to the Moravians by Carloman.<ref name='Róna-Tas 244'/><ref>{{harvnb|Bartl|2002|p=20}}</ref> His son, Koceľ was installed as the ruler of Lower Pannonia in 864 by Louis the German.<ref>{{harvnb|Goldberg|2009|pp=273–274}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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== Sources == == Sources ==
*Bartl, Július (2002). ''Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon''. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. {{ISBN|0-86516-444-4}}. * {{cite book | last=Bartl | first=Július | title=Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon | publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers | date=2002 | isbn=0-86516-444-4}}
*Bowlus, Charles R. (1994). ''Franks, Moravians and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788&ndash;907''. University of Pennsylvania Press. {{ISBN|0-8122-3276-3}}. * {{cite book | last=Bowlus | first=Charles R. | title=Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788–907 | publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press | publication-place=Philadelphia (Pa.) | date=1994 | isbn=0-8122-3276-3}}
* {{citation|last=Chropovský|first=Bohuslav|title=The Slavs: Their Significance, Political and Cultural History|year=1989|publisher=Orbis Press Agency|place=Prague|ref=harv}} * {{citation|last=Chropovský|first=Bohuslav|title=The Slavs: Their Significance, Political and Cultural History|year=1989|publisher=Orbis Press Agency|place=Prague}}
⚫ * {{cite book | last=Curta | first=Florin | title=Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | publication-place=Cambridge New York | date=2006-08-31 | isbn=978-0-521-89452-4}}

* {{cite book | last=Goldberg | first=Eric J. | title=Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817-876 | publisher=Conjunctions of Religion and P | publication-place=Ithaca London | date=2009 |orig-date=2006 |url=https://archive.org/details/struggleforempir0000gold |url-access=registration | isbn=978-0-8014-7529-0}}
⚫ *Curta, Florin (2006). ''Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500&ndash;1250''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-89452-4}}.
⚫ * {{cite book | last=Kirschbaum | first=Stanislav J. | title=Historical Dictionary of Slovakia | publisher=Scarecrow press | publication-place=Lanham (Md.) | date=2007 | isbn=978-0-8108-5535-9}}
*Goldberg, Eric J. (2006). ''Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817&ndash;876''. Cornell University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8014-7529-0}}.
* {{cite book | last=Luthar | first=Oto | title=The Land Between: A History of Slovenia | publisher=Peter Lang | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main Bern Wien | date=2008 | isbn=978-3-631-57011-1}}
⚫ *Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (2007). ''Historical Dictionary of Slovakia''. Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-5535-9}}.
⚫ * {{cite book | last=Róna-Tas | first=András | title=Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction to Early Hungarian History | publisher=Central European Univ. Press | publication-place=Budapest New York | date=1999 | isbn=978-963-9116-48-1}}
*Luthar, Oto (2008). ''The Land Between: A History of Slovenia''. Peter Lang. {{ISBN|978-3-631-57011-1}}.
⚫ *Róna-Tas, András (1999). ''Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction to Early Hungarian History''. Central European University Press. {{ISBN|978-963-9116-48-1}}.
*Sommer, Petr; Třeštík, Dušan; Žemlička, Josef; Opačić, Zoë (2007). ''Bohemia and Moravia''. ''In:'' Berend, Nora (2007); ''Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900&ndash;1200''; Cambridge University Press; {{ISBN|978-0-521-87616-2}}. *Sommer, Petr; Třeštík, Dušan; Žemlička, Josef; Opačić, Zoë (2007). ''Bohemia and Moravia''. ''In:'' Berend, Nora (2007); ''Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900&ndash;1200''; Cambridge University Press; {{ISBN|978-0-521-87616-2}}.
*Spiesz, Anton; Caplovic, Dusan; Bolchazy, Ladislaus J. (2006). ''Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe''. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-86516-426-0}}. *Spiesz, Anton; Caplovic, Dusan; Bolchazy, Ladislaus J. (2006). ''Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe''. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-86516-426-0}}.
*Vlasto, A. P. (1970). ''The Entry of the Slavs into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-07459-2}}. * {{cite book | last=Vlasto | first=A. P. | title=The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs | publisher=CUP Archive | publication-place=London | date=1970-10-02 | isbn=0-521-07459-2}}
*Wolfram, Herwig (1979). ''Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum: Das Weissbuch der Salzburger Kirche über die erfolgreiche Mission in Karantanien und Pannonien''. Böhlau Quellenbücher. {{ISBN|978-3-205-08361-0}}. * {{cite book | last=Wolfram | first=Herwig | title=Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum: Das Weissbuch der Salzburger Kirche über die erfolgreiche Mission in Karantanien und Pannonien | publisher=Böhlau | publication-place=Wien | date=1979 | isbn=978-3-205-08361-0 | language=de}}

== Further reading ==
* Szőke, Béla Miklós (2021). '''' Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, {{ISBN|978-3-88467-308-9}}, pp. 187–239.


== External links == == External links ==
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9th-century Slavic prince For the Croatian medieval nobleman, see Pribina, Ban of Croatia.
Pribina
Pribina (centre) depicted on the reverse of the 10 koruna coin of the Slovak Republic
Prince of Nitra (?)
Reign 825 –833
SuccessorMojmir I of Moravia ?
Duke of Lower Pannonia
Reign846–861
SuccessorKoceľ
Bornc. 800
Died861
IssueKoceľ
Muntimerus Sclav.
House(?)
One view about the borders of the Principality of Nitra around 833

Pribina (c. 800 – 861) was a Slavic prince whose adventurous career, recorded in the Conversion of the Bavarians and the Carantanians (a historical work written in 870), illustrates the political volatility of the Franco–Slavic frontiers of his time. Pribina was the first ruler of Slavic origin to build a Christian church on Slavic territory in Nitra, and also the first to accept baptism.

He was attacked and expelled from his homeland by Mojmir I, duke of Moravia. Pribina first fled to Ratpot, one of the border lords in East Francia. Thereafter he was wandering in Central and Southeastern Europe for several years. Finally, in the late 830s, Louis the German, king of East Francia granted Pribina lands near Lake Balaton (now in Hungary) where he set up his own principality under the king's suzerainty. He died fighting against the Moravians.

Early life

According to a marginal notation to the Conversion that has by now been incorporated into its main text, Pribina's allodial lands were situated in Nitrava ultra Danuvium where Archbishop Adalram of Salzburg (821–836) consecrated a church, Since Nitrava has been identified, although not unanimously, with modern Nitra in Slovakia, Pribina is considered to have ruled the large early medieval fortress excavated at that town. The consecration of the church in Nitrava took place around 827, thus it was the first church in all Eastern Europe whose existence is documented in writing. That the church was consecrated for Pribina himself (who, all the same, still remained a catechumen), or for his wife cannot be decided. She seems to have been a member of the Bavarian Wilhelminer family.

Whether Pribina held Nitrava as a lieutenant of Mojmir I, the first known ruler of Moravia, or he was – maybe the second or third – prince of an independent Slavic principality is still debated by modern historians. The best source of his life, the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum never regarded him as dux (gentilis). Nevertheless, according to the Conversion, he was "driven across the Danube by Mojmir, duke of the Moravians" shortly after the defense of the eastern marches in East Francia had been taken over by Ratpot in around 833.

Wanderings

Having been expelled, Pribina fled to Ratpot who presented him to Louis the German. The king ordered that Pribina be baptized in the church of Traismauer (Austria) and then serve with his followers in Ratpot's army. Before long, however, Ratpot and Pribina fell out, and the latter, fearing for his life, fled with his son Koceľ to the First Bulgarian Empire. However, Malamir of Bulgaria had by that time made peace with East Francia, thus Pribina was unable to persuade him to act against the Franks.

Subsequently, Pribina departed for Lower Pannonia, the region ruled by a Slavic prince, Ratimir. Since Lower Pannonia was part of Ratpot's prefecture, Ratimir's harboring of Pribina was tantamount to rebellion. Therefore, in 838 Louis the German sent Ratpot at the head of a large Bavarian army to crush Ratimir, but Pribina and his followers took refuge with the count of Carniola, Salacho. In short time the latter brokered a reconciliation between Ratpot and Pribina.

Louis the German now devised a plan to solve the ongoing instability in Lower Pannonia by making Pribina himself the new client ruler of that region. On January 10, 846, at the request of his followers, the king granted Pribina lands near Lake Balaton on the river Zala where he was to rule as Louis the German's faithful dux ("duke").

Having these events taken place, Ratpot took command of the borderlands' defense. In his day one Pribina driven across the Danube by Mojmir, duke of the Moravians came to Ratpot. Ratpot soon presented him to our lord and king, Louis. By order of the king Pribina was introduced to the faith and baptized in Saint Martin Church in a place called Traismauer, that is to say at a grange belonging to the Archbishopric of Salzburg. In time he was commended to Ratpot with whom he stayed for a time. Meanwhile, however, dissensions began to spring up between them. Feeling anxious about it, Pribina and his men, together with his son Kocil, fled for the land of the Bulgarians. Some time later he left the Bulgarians for dux Ratimar's territory. At that time king Louis sent Ratpot with a large force to expel prince Ratimar. Having no confidence in being able to defend himself, he took to flight together with his men who had escaped from the massacre. The above mentioned Pribina stopped, and crossed the river Sava, together with his men, where Count Salacho gave shelter to him and brought about his reconciliation with Ratbot. In time, as soon as the occasion arose, the king, at the request of his faithful men, gave Pribina as benefice the region of Lower Pannonia around the Zala River. He then began to live there, to build a fortress in a certain forest and swamp on the Zala River, gathered the surrounding peoples, and greatly thrived in that land. <For him, Archbishop Adalram had long ago consecrated a church on his estate at a place over the Danube called Nitrava.

— Conversion of the Bavarians and the Carantanians

Dux in Lower Pannonia

Map of Pribina's lands
Principality of Lower Pannonia under Pribina's rule

Pribina's main duty was to gather the groups of Slavs who were fleeing from various directions, and to keep them loyal to the Franks. For this purpose, he began to build in 846 a large fortress as his seat of power in the region of Lake Balaton, in a territory of modern Zalavár surrounded by forests and swamps along the river Zala. His extremely well fortified castle that became known as Blatnohrad (Blatnograd) or Moosburg ("Swamp Fortress") served as a bulwark both against the Bulgarians and the Moravians. Pribina's authority stretched from the Rába river to the north, to Pécs to the southeast, and to Ptuj to the West.

Pribina undertook to Christianize the local population and built churches in the region. At his request, the archbishop of Salzburg consecrated a number of churches in Lower Pannonia, among them one at modern Pécs. Pribina also made a donation of three hundred homesteads and vineyards on a knee of the river Zala to the monastery of Niederaltaich, which was confirmed in 860 by Louis the German.

Pribina seems to have played a prominent role in Louis the German's campaigns against Mojmir I of Moravia. For example, in 846 the king made a generous gift of one hundred homesteads in the Bavarian marches to him, presumably in order to help supply Pribina's troops in the upcoming campaign. Moreover, in 847 Louis the German converted all Pribina's benefices near Lake Balaton, save those he held from the archbishop of Salzburg, into personal property in order to reward him for his loyal service, presumably in the recent campaigns against the Bohemians and the Moravians.

There is some uncertainty about Pribina's death. He may have been killed in a battle with the Moravians who supported Louis the German's son, Carloman in a revolt against the king, or he may have been captured and handed over to the Moravians by Carloman. His son, Koceľ was installed as the ruler of Lower Pannonia in 864 by Louis the German.

See also

References

  1. Wolfram 1979, p. 179ff.
  2. Goldberg 2009, pp. 16, 83–84
  3. Spiesz et al. 2006, p. 20.
  4. ^ Curta 2006, p. 333
  5. ^ Kirschbaum 2007, p. 232
  6. Goldberg 2009, p. 267
  7. ^ Goldberg 2009, p. 84
  8. ^ Bowlus 1994, p. 105
  9. Bartl 2002, p. 17
  10. ^ Vlasto 1970, p. 24
  11. Sommer et al. 2007, p. 221.
  12. Kirschbaum 2007, pp. 207., 232.
  13. ^ SZŐKE, Béla Miklós, A KÁRPÁT-MEDENCE A KAROLING-KORBAN ÉS A MAGYAR HONFOGLALÁS, p. 2.
  14. Bowlus 1994, pp. 101., 104., 106.
  15. ^ Bartl 2002, p. 19
  16. ^ Bowlus 1994, p. 104
  17. ^ Róna-Tas 1999, p. 243
  18. Wolfram 1979, pp. 50–53
  19. ^ Goldberg 2009, p. 85
  20. Chropovský 1989, p. 73.
  21. Luthar 2008, p. 105
  22. Curta 2006, p. 134
  23. Bowlus 1994, p. 134
  24. Goldberg 2009, p. 139
  25. Goldberg 2009, pp. 139–140
  26. Goldberg 2009, p. 142
  27. ^ Róna-Tas 1999, p. 244
  28. Bartl 2002, p. 20
  29. Goldberg 2009, pp. 273–274

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Rulers of Slavs in Lower Pannonia
Primarily south of the Drava
Primarily north of the Drava
See also: Early medieval Croatian dukes
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