Pribislav ( sr, Прибислав, gr, Πριβέσθλαβος) was Prince of the Serbs for a year, in 891–892, before being deposed by his cousin Petar. He was the eldest son of

Mutimir Mutimir ( sr, Мутимир, el, Μουντιμῆρος) was prince of Serbia from ca. 850 until 891. He defeated the Bulgar army, allied himself with the Byzantine emperor and ruled the first Serbian Principality when the Christianization of ...

(r. 851–891) of the

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, who ruled during the expanding and Christianization of Serbia.

Life

His father had with his brothers

Strojimir Strojimir ( sr-cyr, Стројимир; gr, Στροἠμιρ, Στροἠμηρος) was the co-ruler of the Serbian Principality alongside his two brothers Mutimir and Gojnik, from ca 851 to his and Gojnik's deposition in the 880s after an un ...

and

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, defeated the

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Army sent by ''Tsar''

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and led by his son Vladimir.''The early medieval Balkans''
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s. Boris I and Mutimir agreed on peace (and perhaps an alliance), and Mutimir sent his sons

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and Stefan beyond the border to escort the prisoners, where they exchanged items as a sign of peace: Boris himself gave them "rich gifts", while he was given "two

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s, two

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s, two dogs, and eighty furs". In the 880s, Mutimir seized the throne, exiling his younger brothers and

Klonimir Klonimir ( gr, Κλονίμηρος, sr-cyr, Клонимир; fl. 896) was a Serbian prince of the Vlastimirović dynasty, and pretender to the throne of the Serbian Principality. His father and uncle, co-princes Strojimir and Gojnik, had been ...

, Strojimir's son, to the court of Boris I in the Bulgar Khanate. This was most likely due to treachery.Đekić, Đ. 2009, "Why did prince Mutimir keep Petar Gojnikovic?", Teme, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 683-688
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/ref> Petar, the son of Gojnik, was kept at the Serbian court of Mutimir for political reasons, but he soon fled to

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. Mutimir died in 890 or 891, leaving the throne to his eldest son, Pribislav. Pribislav had only ruled for a year when Petar returned in 892, defeating him in battle and seizing the throne. Pribislav fled to

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with his brothers

and Stefan. Bran later returned and led an unsuccessful rebellion against Petar in 894.The early medieval Balkans, p. 150 Bran was defeated, captured and blinded (a Byzantine tradition meant to disqualify a person from taking the throne) His only son, Zaharija, remained in

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for a long period before successfully seizing the throne with Byzantine aid, ruling from 922–924.

Legacy

The ''Pribislav'' mentioned in the Gospel of Cividale (''codex aquileiensis''), is most likely referring to Pribislav.

Notes

References

Sources

* * * * Ćorović, Vladimir, ''Istorija srpskog naroda'', Book I, (In Serbian
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''Pokrštavanje Južnih Slovena'' * * Ferjančić, B. 1997, "Basile I et la restauration du pouvoir byzantin au IXème siècle", Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, no. 36, pp. 9–30. * * * Tibor Živković, ''Portreti srpskih vladara'' (IX—XII),

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, 2006 (), p. 11 * * Vizantološki institut SANU (Božidar Ferjančić), „Vizantijski izvori za istoriju naroda Jugoslavije (II tom)“ (fototipsko izdanje originala iz 1957), Beograd 2007 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pribislav of Serbia 9th-century Serbian monarchs 9th-century rulers in Europe Vlastimirović dynasty Eastern Orthodox monarchs Serbian exiles 9th-century births Year of death unknown Slavic warriors Christian monarchs