Branimir

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Branimir ( Branimerus , Brannimerus , Breanimir , Brenamir , Latin Branimirus ; † around 892) was a Slavic Knes and ruled over the Duchy of Croatia , the so-called Dalmatian Croatia , from 879 until his death around 892 .

Monument to Branimir in Nin ( Croatia )

Life

Little is known about Branimir's reign. He deposed his predecessor Zdeslav and killed him. Since Zdeslav was allied with the Byzantine emperor, Branimir turned to Pope John VIII with a request for recognition of his government. This welcomed the change in the balance of power as a return to the bosom of the Roman Church, he was able to bind Croatia permanently to the Western Church .

Some historians believe that he could be a member of the Domagojević family , particularly one of the sons of Prince Domagoj .

His exact date of death as well as the exact circumstances of death are unknown. Only with Iohannis Timerius bilealde is the legend that Branimir, after a feast with Frankish envoys of Charles III. drank the water of the Adriatic in a mess, over which he could assert control over Venice. Then he died. This version already refers Erik Krznoski to the realm of legends and pointed out the parallels to the death of the Illyrian king Agron due to excessive alcohol consumption on the occasion of a victory.

traces

The name Branimir can be found on four stone inscriptions, on one of which he is addressed with the title dux (prince). This dates from the year 888 .

Knez Branimir - natpis iz Nina.JPG
Stone inscription with the
name of Branimir from
St. Michael's Church in Nin
Greda i zabat s natpisom kneza Branimira 879.jpg
Exhibits about
Prince Branimir in Zadar

literature

  • Ferdinand von Šišić : History of the Croats: Part One (to 1102) . Zagreb 1917.
  • Ferdinand von Šišić: Povijest Hrvata u vrijeme narodnih vladara . Zagreb 1925.
  • Stanko Guldescu: History of Medieval Croatia (=  Studies in European history . No. 1 ). The Hague 1964.
  • Nada Klaić: Povijest Hrvata u ranom srednjem vijeku . Zagreb 1971.

swell

  • S. Cirkovic: Branimir . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 2, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-8902-6 , Sp. 572.
  • Frank Kämper: Branimir , in: Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Vol. 1. Munich 1974, p. 245 f.
  • Branimir. In: Hrvatska enciklopedija. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, accessed December 30, 2019 (Croatian).
  • Josip Lučić, Mate Zekan: BRANIMIR. In: Hrvatski biografski leksikon. 1989, accessed December 30, 2019 (Croatian).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioh. Tim .: De expeditione adriatica . tape 9, 28 .
  2. ↑ Erik Krznoski: Historija Hrvatska. Istrage o Iohannis Timerius bilealde . Drogon, Trogir 1929, p. 67 .
predecessor Office successor
Zdeslav Prince of Dalmatian Croatia
879–892 		Muncimir
National rulers of the Croatians in the Middle Ages


Princes
(up to 925)
Pannonian Croatia

Vojnomir  (791-810)  | Ljudevit  (810-823)  | Ratimir  (829-838)  | Braslav  (880-897)

Dalmatian Croatia

Višeslav  (around 800 – around 810)  | Borna  (around 810-821)  | Vladislav  (821–828?)  | Mislav  (829? –842?)  | Trpimir I  (842? / 845-864)  | Domagoj  (864-876)  | Son of Domagoj (Ilko / Iljko?)  (876 or 878)  | Zdeslav  (878-879)  | Branimir  (879-892)  | Muncimir  (892-910)  | Tomislav  (from 910)
Kings
(from 925)

Tomislav  (925? –928)  | Trpimir II  (928-935)  | Krešimir I  (935-945)  | Miroslav  (945-949)  | Mihajlo Krešimir II.  (949–969)  | Stjepan Držislav  (969–997)  | Svetoslav Suronja  (997–1000)  | Gojslav  (1000-1020)  | Krešimir III.  (1000-1030)  | Stjepan I.  (1030-1058)  | Petar Krešimir IV.  (1058-1074)  | Dmitar Zvonimir  (1075-1089)  | Stjepan II.  (1089-1091)  | Petar Svačić  (1093-1097)

personal data
SURNAME Branimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Branimerus; Brannimerus; Breanimir; Brenamir; Branimirus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Dalmatian Croatia
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century
DATE OF DEATH at 892