King of the Slavs
King of the Slavs (Latin: rex Sclavorum, Sclavorum rex) was a title denoting some Slavic rulers, as well as Germanic rulers that conquered Slavs, in the Middle Ages in European sources, such as Papal correspondence.
Papal use is bolded.
- Slavic
- Samo, ruler of Samo's Empire and the "Slavs" (623–658); in the Frankish Annals
- Drogoviz, ruler of the Veleti (789); in Annales Mettenses priores in c. 805[1]
- Trpimir I, ruler of Duchy of Croatia (845–864); erroneously by Gottschalk in the 840s[2]
- Svatopluk I of Moravia, ruler of Great Moravia (870–894); by Pope Stephen V in 885[3]
- Michael, ruler of Zachlumia (913–926); erroneously in the Annales Barenses[4]
- Mihailo Vojislavljević, ruler of Duklja (1050–1081); by Pope Gregory VII in 1077[5]
- Constantine Bodin (Bodin Vojislavljević), ruler of Duklja (1081–1101); by the chronicle of Orderic Vitalis, relating to events of 1096[6]
- Stefan Dragutin, ruler of Kingdom of Serbia (1276–1282) and Syrmia (Realm of Stefan Dragutin; 1282–1316); by Pope Nicholas IV in 1288[7]
- Non-Slavic
- Canute Lavard, Danish prince (1120–1131); by Abbott Wilhelm after 1129[8]
- Canute VI, King of Denmark; by himself in 1185, after a conquest of Pomerania[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Adalbert-Stifter-Verein (Munich, Germany) (1961). Veröffentlichungen der Wissenschaftlichen Abteilung. Edmund Gans Verlag. p. 26.
- ^ John V. A. Fine (5 February 2010). When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods. University of Michigan Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-0-472-02560-2.
- ^ Maddalena Betti (24 October 2013). The Making of Christian Moravia (858-882): Papal Power and Political Reality. BRILL. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-90-04-26008-5.
- ^ Armin Pavić (1906). Postanje Gundulićeva Osmana i glávâ 29-36 u Porfirogenitovoj De adm. imp. Tisak Kr. zemaljske tiskare. p. 62.
- ^ Ćirković 2004, p. 26.
- ^ Jireček 1911, p. 241.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante. Ardent Media. 1968. pp. 566–. GGKEY:P53U8KC8WZR.
Addressed (in 1288) by Pope Nicholas IV as 'Rex Sclavorum'; he signed himself (in 1305 or 1307) in a document still extant in the Venetian archives as ' Stephanus Urosch Rex Serbicarum terrarum et maritimarum '. a [Stefano Urosio.] ...
- ^ Christian Raffensperger (12 March 2012). Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus' in the Medieval World. Harvard University Press. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-0-674-06546-8.
- ^ "Canute VI | Viking ruler, Danish monarch | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. 20 February 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
- Jireček, Constantin (1911). Geschichte der Serben. Vol. 1. Gotha: Perthes.