Radoslav of Serbia

Radoslav (Serbian: Радослав, Greek: Ροδόσθλαβος)[1] was a Serbian Prince (Knez, Archont) who ruled over the early medieval Principality of Serbia at the beginning of the 9th century. He succeeded his father, prince Višeslav, who ruled at the end of the 8th century. Radoslav was succeeded by his son, prince Prosigoj.[2]

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For the Serbian King that ruled 1228–1233, see Stefan Radoslav of Serbia.
Radoslav
Knez, Archont, Prince
of Serbs
Prince of Serbia
Reignfl. beginning of the 9th century
PredecessorVišeslav
SuccessorProsigoj
IssueProsigoj
HouseVlastimirović dynasty
FatherVišeslav
ReligionSlavic pagan

According to De Administrando Imperio, compiled by the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, during the reign of princes Višeslav, Radoslav and Prosigoj there was no war between the Serbian Principality and its eastern neighbour, the Bulgarian Khanate.[1][2]

Radoslav or his son was the ruler of Serbia during the uprisings (819–822) of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks.[3] According to the Royal Frankish Annals, in 822, Ljudevit went from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs, somewhere in western Bosnia. Under the same entry, the Royal Frankish Annals state that Serbs were controlling a great part of Dalmatia ("ad Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur").[4][5][3][6][7]

During the reign of prince Radoslav, and his immediate predecessors and successors, the process of gradual Christianization of the Serbs was still going on, starting in the first half of the 7th century and finally ending by the middle of the 9th century.[8]

Early Medieval Serbian principalities, during the 9th century
Western Balkan polities in the early 9th century.

See also

References
  1. Moravcsik 1967, p. 154.
  2. Ферјанчић 1959, p. 50.
  3. Ćirković 2004, p. 14.
  4. Pertz 1845, p. 83.
  5. Scholz 1970, p. 111.
  6. Fine 2005, p. 35.
  7. Curta 2006, p. 136.
  8. Ćirković 2004, p. 15-16.

Sources
Primary sources
  • Ферјанчић, Божидар (1959). "Константин VII Порфирогенит". Византиски извори за историју народа Југославије. 2. Београд: Византолошки институт. pp. 1–98.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Moravcsik, Gyula, ed. (1967) [1949]. Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (2nd revised ed.). Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Pertz, Georg Heinrich, ed. (1845). Einhardi Annales. Hanover.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Scholz, Bernhard Walter, ed. (1970). Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. University of Michigan Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Secondary sources
Knez of Serbia
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Višeslav I		 Prince of Serbia
814–822		 Succeeded by
Prosigoj
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