Vratislav (Moravian prince)
According to the records of the 16th century Bavarian historian Johannes Aventinus, Vratislav ( Latin Uratislaus ) was a Moravian prince who lived at the beginning of the 9th century. Its actual existence is disputed, whether it belonged to the Moravian ruling dynasty of the Mojmirids is unknown.
Life
According to Aventinus, the Moravian prince Vratislav gave up his Pannonia Secunda area in favor of Charlemagne in 805 and had Bratislava Castle rebuilt from the ruins of the Roman settlement Pisonium , which he is said to have named after himself as the Wratisslaburgium (Vratislavia). This thesis was also taken up by the Slovak national movement in the 19th century to establish a Slavic origin of the city name Pressburg.
If Aventinus' records are correct, Vratislav would be the second known Slavic ruler of the central Danube region or in present-day Slovakia after Samo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bratislava , Volume 7, Mestské múzeum v Bratislave 1972, p. 331
- ↑ Pavel Dvořák: Zlatá kniha Bratislavy [The Golden Book of Bratislava.] Slovenský spisovateľ, Bratislava 1993, ISBN 80-220-0490-1 , p. 81.
- ^ Andrew Beattie: The Danube: a cultural history. Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 122 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vratislav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wratislaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Moravia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century or 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century |