Mojmir I of Moravia
Mojmir I | |
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House of Mojmir | |
Father | Mojmar (?) |
Mojmir I, Moimir I or Moymir I
Background
From the 570s the
Another century and a half passed before the Avars were finally defeated between 792 and 796 by
Reign
Mojmir I arose in Moravia in the 820s.[3] Whether he was the first ruler to unite the local Slavic tribes into a larger political unit or merely came into prominence as a result of the rapidly changing political situation, is uncertain.[3] All the same, he had "predecessors", at least according to a letter written around 900 by Bavarian bishops to the pope.[15]
The idea that Mojmir I was baptized between 818 and 824 is based on indirect evidence, namely on the dating of a
The frontiers of the Moravian state under Mojmir I are not precisely known.
Last years
Mojmir I used the civil war within the Carolingian Empire as an opportunity to plot a rebellion and try to throw off the yoke of Frankish overlordship in the 840s.[4] Thus his emerging power became a serious threat to Louis II the German, ruler of the East Frankish kingdom.[4] The Franks invaded Moravia in mid-August 846.[23] They encountered little resistance and deprived Mojmir I of his throne.[25] He seems to have fled or been killed during the invasion.[25] His relative, Rastislav, was set up as the new client ruler of Moravia.[23]
[Louis the German] set off around the middle of August with an army against the Moravian Slavs who were planning to defect. There he arranged and settled matters as he wished, and set
Annals of Fulda (year 846)[26]
See also
- Great Moravia
- Alternative theories of the location of Great Moravia
- Louis the German
- Rastislav of Moravia
References
- ^ Róna-Tas, András (1999). Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction to Early Hungarian History. CEU Press. p. 243.
- rex", rarely "regulus", "princeps" and unique "comes". In what way the Knez title is referable to modern titles such as Prince, Duke or King, is matter of scholarly debate. In the pre-state period the western Slavonic tribes regularly had more than one ruler, contrary to the situation in Moravia after Mojmir I. – In: Miroslav Lysý: Titul mojmírovských panovníkov, S. 24-33; František Graus: Dux-rex Moraviae, S. 181-190; Sommer et al: Great Moravia.
- ^ a b c Vlasto 1970, p. 20
- ^ a b c d Goldberg 2006, p. 138
- ^ a b c Barford 2001, p. 109
- ^ Kirschbaum 2007, p. 194
- ^ Kirschbaum 2007, pp. 180., 194.
- ^ a b Barford 2001, p. 57
- ^ a b c d Spiesz et al. 2006, p. 17.
- ^ a b Barford 2001, p. 79
- ^ Kirschbaum 2007, p. 248
- ^ Kirschbaum 2007, p. 3
- ^ a b Bowlus 1995, p. 6
- ^ Goldberg 2006, pp. 137., 354.
- ^ Vlasto 1970, pp. 20., 325.
- ^ Vlasto 1970, pp. 23–24
- ^ a b c Vlasto 1970, p. 24
- ^ a b Sommer et al. 2007, p. 221.
- ^ Vlasto 1970, p. 326
- ^ Goldberg 2006, pp. 135–136
- ^ Bowlus 1995, pp. 105–106
- ^ Goldberg 2006, pp. 16., 138.
- ^ a b c Spiesz et al. 2006, p. 20.
- ^ Bowlus 1995, p. 105
- ^ a b Goldberg 2006, p. 140
- ^ Reuter 1992, p. 25
Sources
- Barford, Paul M. (2001). The Early Slavs: Culture and Society in Early Medieval Eastern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801439779.
- Betti, Maddalena (2013). The Making of Christian Moravia (858-882): Papal Power and Political Reality. Leiden-Boston: Brill. ISBN 9789004260085.
- Bowlus, Charles R. (1995). Franks, Moravians, and Magyars: The Struggle for the Middle Danube, 788-907. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812232769.
- Goldberg, Eric J. (2006). Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict under Louis the German, 817-876. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801438905.
- Kirschbaum, Stanislav J (2007). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5535-9.
- ISBN 9780719034251.
- ISBN 9780719034589.
- ISBN 9781317872399.
- Sommer, Petr; Třeštík, Dušan; Žemlička, Josef; Opačić, Zoë (2007). Bohemia and Moravia. In: Berend, Nora (2007); Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900–1200; Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2.
- Spiesz, Anton; Caplovic, Dusan; Bolchazy, Ladislaus J. (2006). Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Central Europe. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-0-86516-426-0.
- Vlasto, Alexis P. (1970). The Entry of the Slavs into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521074599.