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Encyclopedia > Trpimir I of Croatia

Trpimir I was the duke (knez) of Dalmatian Croatia, reigned 845864, the founder and eponym of the Trpimirović dynasty, royal dynasty of Croatian rulers. The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... 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. ... Events March 28 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. ... Events Khan Boris I of Bulgaria is baptized an Orthodox Christian. ... Trpimirović dynasty was a native Croats dynasty that ruled in Croatia, with interruptions, from 845 until 1091. ...


Trpimir was the successor to duke Mislav, but (family) relations between them in unknown. Trpimir battled, very successfully, against a Byzantine strategos in Zadar, between 846 and 848. In 855 he repulsed an attack from army of Bulgarian ruler Boris I. He extended his influence on Bosnia to the Drava river. Mislav was the duke (knez) of the Dalmatian Croatia, reigned 835–845. ... Byzantine Empire (Greek: Βασιλεία Ῥωμαίων) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The term strategos (plural strategoi; Greek στρατηγός) is used in Greek to mean general. In the Byzantine Empire the term was also used to describe a military governor (see Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy). ... Zadar (Italian Zara, Latin Iadera) is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of 82 000 (2005). ... Events The Moors temporarily recapture León. ... Events The Borobudur is completed. ... Events Louis II succeeds Lothar as western emperor. ... Boris I Michail or Boris I Michael (Bulgarian Борис I Михаил)(d. ... Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Capital Sarajevo Largest city Sarajevo Official languages Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Prime Minister Federal republic Ivo Miro Jović1 (Croat) Borislav Paravac (Serb) Sulejman Tihić (Bosniak) Adnan Terzic Independence From Yugoslavia: 5 April 1992 Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   51,129 km² (124th) Negligible Population  â€¢ July 2005... Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from Alto Adige, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast, forming most of the Croatian-Hungarian border before joining the Danube near Osijek. ...


Trpimir had three sons (Petar, Zdeslav and Muncimir). Duke Trpimir issued a document in Latin donating the church of Sv. Juraj (St. George's) at Putalj to the bishop of Nin. In this document, dated from March 4, 852, duke Trpimir referred to himself as the Duke of Croats (dux Chroatorum) and to his country as the state of the Croats (regnum Chroatorum). Muncimir (died in about 910) was a duke of Dalmatian Croatia, reigned 892–910, and member of Trpimirović dynasty. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Saint-George is a municipality with 695 inhabitants (as of 2003) in the district of Aubonne in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. ... Coat of arms Statue of Gregory of Nin, in Split, Croatia, by Ivan Meštrović, 1929. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Events Boris I Michael succeeds the duumvirate of Malamir and Presian as monarch of Bulgaria. ...

Preceded by:
Mislav
Duke of Dalmatian Croatia
845864
Succeeded by:
Domagoj


 

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