Prosigoj
Prosigoj | |
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Prince of Serbia | |
Prince of Serbia | |
Reign | ? – c. 830 |
Predecessor | Radoslav |
Successor | Vlastimir |
Born | Second half of the 8th century |
Died | First half of the 9th century |
Issue | Vlastimir |
Dynasty | Vlastimirović |
Father | Radoslav |
Religion | Slavic |
Prosigoj (Serbian: Просигој, Greek: Προσηγόης)[a] was a Serbian ruler believed to have ruled prior to c. 830. Serbia was a Slavic principality subject to the Byzantine Empire, located in the western Balkans, bordering with Bulgaria in the east. Mentioned in the De Administrando Imperio (DAI) from the mid-10th century, he succeeded his father Radoslav and was succeeded by his son Vlastimir (r. c. 830–851).
The son of Radoslav, and grandson of Višeslav,[1] the first Serbian ruler by name,[2] Prosigoj is believed to have ruled some time before c. 830,[3] or until 835.[4] One of these most likely ruled during the revolt of Ljudevit of Lower Pannonia against the Franks (819–822).[5] According to Einhard's Royal Frankish Annals, Ljudevit fled from his seat at Sisak to the Serbs (who were believed to have been somewhere in western Bosnia) in 822,[5] with Einhard mentioning "the Serbs, who control the greater part of Dalmatia" (ad Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur).[6] At this time, there was still peace with Bulgaria. His son Vlastimir is the eponymous founder of the Vlastimirović dynasty, which ruled until c. 960.
The four named succeeding Serbian rulers are not mentioned in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (CPD),[7] a source dating to c. 1300–10[8] and largely discredited in historiography (the CPD is deemed useless for events in the Early Middle Ages).[9] Instead, the CPD mentions several historically unconfirmed or legendary rulers, Svevlad, Selimir, Vladin and Ratimir, although it maintains the patrilineal succession tradition.[10] According to Sima Lukin Lazić (1863–1904), Prosigoj was dead by the time of a Bulgar attack on Serbia following the Bulgar conquest of Frankish-held Banat and Syrmia.[11]
See also
Vlastimirović dynasty | |||
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Annotations
- ^ In the De Administrando Imperio, his name is spelled Προσηγόης, transcribed in Latin as Prosegoës or Prosegoïs.[12] It is a Slavic dithematic name, derived from the imperative prosi, prositi, meaning "asking, begging", and noun goj, meaning "peace" and "breeding", and is related to the name Prosimir.[13]
References
- ↑ Samardžić & Duškov 1993, p. 24.
- ↑ Blagojević & Petković 1989, p. 19; Živković 2006, pp. 22–23
- ↑ Živković 2006, pp. 12–13.
- ↑ Vojska. 14. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar. 2005.
- 1 2 Ćirković 2008, pp. 14–15.
- ↑ Pertz 1845, p. 83.
- ↑ SANU 1934, p. 11.
- ↑ Živković & Kunčer 2009, pp. 362–365.
- ↑ Živković 2006, pp. 16.
- ↑ Živković 2006, p. 23.
- ↑ Sima Lukin Lazić (1894). Kratka povjesnica Srba: od postanja Srpstva do danas. Štamparija Karla Albrehta. p. 37.
- ↑ Winkelmann, Friedhelm (2001). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit. W. de Gruyter. p. 36. ISBN 978-3-11-016674-3.
- ↑ Univerza v Mariboru, Zgodovinsko društvo v Mariboru (1981). Review for history and ethnography. 15. Založba obzorja. p. 48.
Sources
- Primary sources
- Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (1967). De Administrando Imperio (Moravcsik, Gyula ed.). Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.
- Einhard. Annales regni Francorum [Royal Frankish Annals] (in Latin).
- Einhard (1845). Pertz, Georgius Heinricus, ed. Einhardi Annales. Impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani.
- Secondary sources
- Blagojević, Miloš; Petković, Sreten (1989). Srbija u doba Nemanjića: od kneževine do carstva : 1168-1371 : ilustrovana hronika. TRZ "VAJAT".
- Ćorović, Vladimir (2001) [1997]. Istorija srpskog naroda (Internet ed.). Belgrade: Janus; Ars Libri.
- Ćirković, Sima (2008). The Serbs. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-1-4051-4291-5.
- Ferjančić, Božidar (1959). "Posebna Izdanja - Vizantijski Izvori Za Istoriju Naroda Jugoslavije Tom 2". SAN.
- Samardžić, Radovan; Duškov, Milan (1993). Serbs in European civilization. Nova. p. 24. ISBN 978-86-7583-015-3.
- SANU (1934). Posebna izdanja. 103. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 11.
- Živković, Tibor (2006). Portreti srpskih vladara (IX—XII vek). Belgrade. pp. 11–20. ISBN 86-17-13754-1.
- Živković, Tibor (2002). Јужни Словени под византијском влашћу, 600-1025. Историјски институт.
- Živković, Tibor (2008). Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West 550-1150. Belgrade: The Institute of History, Čigoja štampa.
- Živković, T.; Kunčer, D. (2009). Gesta regum Sclavorum, I–II. Београд. pp. 362–365.
Prosigoj | ||
Regnal titles | ||
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Preceded by Radoslav |
Prince of Serbia ? – c. 830 |
Succeeded by Vlastimir |