Pavle of Serbia

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Pavle Branovic
Prince of the Serbs
Chalcedonian Christian

Pavle Branovic (

Mutimir (r. 851–891) of the Vlastimirović dynasty.[1]

Pavle was born in the 870s,

Petar returned and defeated him. Pribislav fled to Croatia with his brothers Bran (Pavle's father) and Stefan.[5] Bran later returned and led an unsuccessful rebellion against Petar in 894.[6] Bran was defeated, captured and blinded (as per Byzantine tradition).[7]

In 917, a Byzantine army led by Leo Phokas invaded Bulgaria but was decisively defeated at the Battle of Achelous on 20 August 917.[8] After the Achelous,[6] Symeon sent an army to Serbia led by Pavle (after he had heard of a Byzantine–Serbian alliance), to take the Serbian throne, however, unsuccessfully as Petar proved a good opponent. Symeon then sent generals Marmais and Theodore Sigritsa, persuading Petar (through an oath) to come out and meet them, then captured and took him to Bulgaria where he was put in prison, dying within a year.[6] Symeon put Pavle on the Serbian throne.[6]

In 920,

Zaharija, the exiled son of Pribislav (the eldest of Mutimir's sons), was sent by Romanos I Lekapenos
(r. 920–944) to seize the throne. Pavle defeated and captured him, handing him over to Symeon, who held him for future use. In the meantime, Pavle switched his allegiance back to the Byzantines, prompting Symeon to dispatch Zaharija against him at the head of a Bulgarian army in 921. Zaharija won the battle but soon reaffirmed his Byzantine alliance. There are no more mentions of Pavle.

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  1. ^
    His name is attested as Greek Paulos (Παῦλος). In historiography, he is known as Pavle Branović (Павле Брановић).

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Pavle
Born: 870–874 Died: Unknown
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Petar
Prince of Serbia

917–921
Succeeded by
Zaharija