Mojmír I

Mojmír I (also "Moymir" or "Moimir"; c. 795 – 846) was the first known prince of the Моravian principality (?830-833) and the first prince of Great Moravia (833-846). He is also the first known member of the Mojmirid dynasty, which was named after him.

He appears in Frankish sources in 830 as a ruler of the Moravian principality, a Slavic state situated around the Morava River (exact localion unknown, encompassing either the territories of present-day southeastern Czech Republic and westernmost Slovakia), or Croatia and Serbia. Mojmír I supported Christian missionaries coming from Passau and perhaps also accepted Frankish formal sovereignty, as an unknown Moravian leader had done in 822. In 833, he conquered the neighboring Principality of Nitra, originally ruled by prince Pribina. Uniting both states, he founded the state known as Great Moravia. Mojmír I was succeeded by his nephew Rastislav in 846.

References

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* Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (1996) "A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival" St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 25-28, ISBN 0-312-16125-5 ;