Miroslav of Croatia

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Miroslav
Krešimir I
ReligionChristianity

Miroslav (

Croatia from 945 until his death in 949[1] and a member of the Trpimirović dynasty
.

Reign

He was the oldest son of

Bosnia
, and the Byzantines wanted to take back his holdings in Dalmatia.

In his time, it is known that the Croatian navy was reduced to only 30 ships, while the infantry and cavalry had even more devastating losses in the civil war until Miroslav was finally killed by

Michael Krešimir II
, succeeded him as king.

See also

  • List of rulers of Croatia

References

  1. ^ Francis Ralph Preveden (1962). A History of the Croatian People from Their Arrival on the Shores of the Adriatic to the Present Day: Prehistory and early period until 1397 A.D. Philosophical Library. p. 67.

Sources

  • Horvat, Rudolf (1924). "24. Nasljednici kralja Tomislava". Povijest Hrvatske I. (od najstarijeg doba do g. 1657.) (in Croatian).
  • Jadrijević, Ante (1967). "Smrt hrvatskih kraljeva Miroslava i Zvonimira" (PDF). Church in the World (in Croatian). 2 (1). Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split: 45–59. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Krešimir I
King of Croatia

945–949
Succeeded by