Jelena the Glorious
Jelena the Glorious ( Latin Helena ; Croatian Jelena (Slavna) ; † October 8, 976 ), also Jelena of Zadar , was a queen of medieval Croatia from the Trpimirović dynasty . She was the wife of King Mihajlo Krešimir II. After his death in 969 she became regent for her underage son King Stjepan Držislav († 997).
The assumption that Jelena comes from the patrician family of Madijevci from Zadar is not proven. She donated the Church of St. Mary and the Church of St. Stephen to today's Solin , where she and her husband were buried.
It seems that the Benedictines maintained a memorial in honor of Jelenas as early as the time of Thomas von Split (1200–1268) .
In 1898 was Frane Bulic (1846-1934), the remains of her epitaph and reconstructed it as follows:
- (in hoc) (t) UMULO Q (ui) ESCIT HELENA FAMO (sa) (quae fui) UXOR MICHAELI REGI MATERQ (ue) STEFANI R (egis) (pacemque) (obt) ENUIT REGNI. VIII IDUS M (ensis) OCT (obris) (in pac) E HIC OR (dinata) FUIT AN (no) AB INCARNA (tione) (Domini) DCCCCLXXVI IND. IV CICL (o) L (un) V. (ep) XVII (ciclo sol) V LUN. V. (conc) URRENTE VI. ISTAQ (ue) VIVENS FU (it) REGN (i) MATER FUIT PUPILOR (um) TUTO (rque) VIDUAR (um) ICQUE ASPICIENS VIR ANIME DIC MISERERE DEUS.
The epitaph contains data on the origin of the ruling dynasty, one of the oldest poems in Croatian Latin literature. For the first time the title "Re x" was set in stone. In Croatia it is considered an important cultural and literary monument and is regarded as evidence of the development of the culture of remembrance .
source
- Jelena. In: Hrvatska enciklopedija. Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, accessed December 16, 2019 (Croatian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zadar / Famous People: Queen Jelena Madius (Queen Jelena of Zadar). Zadar Tourist Board, accessed August 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jelena the Glorious |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jelena Slavna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian queen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 976 |