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Muncimir Duke of Croatia Reign 892–910 Died 910 Predecessor Branimir Successor Tomislav Royal House House of Trpimirović Muncimir (or sometimes Mutimir) was a knez of Dalmatian Croatia who reigned from 892 to 910. He was a member of the House of Trpimirović.
Muncimir was the third son of Trpimir I and brother of Petar and Zdeslav. Muncimir succeeded Branimir in 892 as the Prince of Croatia, restoring the line of the House of Trpimirović to the throne of Croatia. He reigned from Biaći near Trogir (today in Kaštela). Muncimir took control of Littoral Croatia and ruled it independently of both pope and Byzantium as divino munere Croatorum dux (with God's help, Prince of the Croats).
Duke Muncimir restored to the Archbishopric of Split the lands that were taken away from it and given to the Bishopric of Nin by Branimir. In his charter, in which he reinforces his father's decisions about church lands, for the first time we can see the organization of the prince's court. Also, for the first time, the royal seal (anulo) was mentioned.
During Muncimir's reign, the exiled Prince Petar Gojniković of the Serbian House of Vlastimirović that stayed in Dalmatian Croatia returned to Rascia and seized power there. Prince Petar exiled his cousins who were pretenders to the Grand Princely throne: Pribislav, Bran and Stefan; whom Muncimir received and put under his protection.
He was succeeded by Tomislav, first king of Croatia. The family relationship between Muncimir and Tomislav is unknown; Tomislav was probably Muncimir's son.
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Regnal titles Preceded by
BranimirDuke of Littoral Croatia
892–910Succeeded by
TomislavHouse of Trpimirović Trpimir I (845–864) · Zdeslav (878–879) · Muncimir (892–910) · Tomislav (910–928) · Trpimir II (928–935) · Krešimir I (935–945) · Miroslav (945–949) · Michael Krešimir II (949–969) · Stephen Držislav (969–997) · Svetoslav Suronja (997–1000) · Krešimir III (1000– c. 1030) and Gojslav (1000–c. 1020) · Stephen I (c. 1030–1058) · Peter Krešimir IV (1058–1074) · Demetrius Zvonimir (1075–1089) · Stephen II (1089–1091)
Dukes of Croatia (dux Croatorum, hrvatski knez) dukes of Pannonian Croatia Vojnomir (c. 790 - c. 800–791 - c. 810) • Ljudevit Posavski (810–823) • Ratimir (829–838) • Braslav (880–c. 887)
dukes of Littoral Croatia Radoslav (...–...) • Kuber (...–...) • Porga (c. 640–c. 680) • Budimir (740–785) • Višeslav (785–802) • Borna (810–821) • Vladislav (821–835) • Mislav (835–845) • Trpimir I (845–864) • Zdeslav (864,878–879) • Domagoj (864–876) • Iljko (876–878) • Branimir (879–892) • Muncimir (892–900) • Tomislav I (910–928)Categories:- 9th-century births
- 910 deaths
- Dukes of Croatia
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- European royalty stubs
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