Domagoj (died in 876) was a Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 864–876. He is the founder of the House of Domagoj. Events Seiwa is succeeded by Yozei as emperor of Japan. ... For other uses, see Duke (disambiguation). ... The Croatian people trace their origins to Slavic peoples which moved into the territory of the former Roman provinces Pannonia and Dalmatia between the 7th and 8th centuries, and formed dukedoms. ...

Domagoj was a powerful Croatian nobelman, with lands around Knin. Following the death of Trpimir I in 864, he usurped the throne of Zdeslav in a civil war. Domagoj became the Duke of Dalmatian Croatia, and Trpimir's sons, Petar, Zdeslav and Muncimir, were forced into exile. During Domagoj's reign piracy was a common practice, which caused bad relations with the Venice. In 865 Domagoj was forced to make an unfavourable peace with the Venetian Republic, giving hostages to Venice as a guarantee for safe passage of Venetian ships in the Adriatic Sea. Knin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. ... Trpimir I was the duke (knez) of Dalmatian Croatia, reigned 845–864, the founder and eponym of the Trpimirović dynasty, royal dynasty of Croatian rulers. ... Zdeslav (died in 879), duke of Dalmatian Croatia (878–879) from the Trpimirović dynasty. ... Zdeslav (died in 879), duke of Dalmatian Croatia (878–879) from the Trpimirović dynasty. ... Muncimir (died in about 910) was a duke of Dalmatian Croatia, reigned 892–910, and member of Trpimirović dynasty. ... This article is about nautical piracy. ... Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000 CE. The republic is in dark red, borders in light red. ... Map of the Venetian Republic, circa 1000 CE. The republic is in dark red, borders in light red. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ...

Domagoj helped the Franks, as their vassal, to conquer Bari from the Arabs in 871. In the meantime, the Venetians also renewed their attacks on Croats. In 874, Pope John VIII intervened by begging Duke Domagoj as a Christian to restrain his Pirates. For other uses, see Franks (disambiguation). ... Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... John VIII was pope from 872 to 882. ...

After Domagoj's death, Venetian's chronicles named him The worst duke of Slavs (Latin: pessimus dux Sclavorum). Pope John VIII referred to Domagoj in letters as Famous duke (Latin: glourisus dux). Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... John VIII was pope from 872 to 882. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

Domagoj's sons

After the death of Louis the German, King of the Eastern Franks, Duke Domagoj decided to raise a rebellion and free Dalmatian Croatia from Frankish rule, although his death in 876 delayed his plans, which were continued by his sons, of unknown name. The Croatian forces razed four Frankish Cities in Istria in 876. Finally, Croatian army was defeated by the Venetian navy. This war liberated the Dalmatian Slavs from supreme Frankish rule with Byzantine help of the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil I. Two years later, in 878, Zdeslav returned from Constantinople and with Byzantine help deposed Domagoj's sons, thus finally restoring order to a Dalmatian Croatia, no longer under Frankish rule. Louis the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian or German Ludwig der Deutsche) (804 – August 28, 876), the third son of the emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye, was the king of Bavaria from 817, when his father partitioned the empire... The Eastern Franks were the lands of Louis the German after the Treaty of Verdun. ... Coat of arms Istria (Istra, pronounced in Croatian and Slovenian; Istria, pronounced in Italian, Istrien, pronounced in German) is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ... Map of Dalmatia, in present day Croatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, Italian: Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ... Zdeslav (died in 879), duke of Dalmatian Croatia (878–879) from the Trpimirović dynasty. ... Map of Constantinople. ...

References

• Hrvatska opća encikopedia (1999–2009) (in Croatian)
• Hrvatski leksikon (1996–1997) (in Croatian)