Miliduch

Miliduch († 806 ) was a Sorbian ruler.

Research disagrees on the territory and constitutional position of Miliduch. According to the Annales regni Francorum , he was dux , i.e. prince. According to the Chronicon Moissiacense , he was king ( rex ).

The name is given differently in the source: The Royal Frankish Annals call him Miliduoch , in Chronicon Moissiacense to find the readings Melito and Nusito . Therefore, different spellings can be found in older and more recent research literature. In Sorbian it is commonly called Miliduch .

It is only known that in the spring or summer of 806 he was defeated and killed in a battle on the Elbe by the Frankish troops under the command of Charlemagne , a son of Charlemagne .

“ Et inde post non multos dies Aquasgrani veniens Karlum filium suum in terram Sclavorum, qui dicuntur Sorabi, qui sedent super Albim fluvium, cum exercitu misit; in qua expeditione Miliduoch Sclavorum dux interfectus est, duoque castella ab exercitu aedificata, unum super ripam fluminis Salae, alterum iuxta fluvium Albim. "

- Annales regni Francorum , for the year 806

swell

• Friedrich Kurz (Ed.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separately in editi 6: Annales regni Francorum inde from a. 741 usque ad a. 829, qui dicuntur Annales Laurissenses maiores et Einhardi. Hannover 1895, p. 121 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
• Georg Heinrich Pertz a . a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 1: Annales et chronica aevi Carolini. Hannover 1826, p. 308 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

literature

• Walter Schlesinger : The constitution of the Sorbs , in: Herbert Ludat : Siedlung und Verfassungs der Slawen , 1960, pp. 78f., 80, 100f.
• Miliduch or Miliduoch. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 21, Leipzig 1739, column 197.