Mojmír I was the first known prince of the Моravian principality (?830-833) after the fall of Samo's Moravian empire and the first prince of
Great MoraviaGreat Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory...
(833-846). He is also the first known member of the
Mojmirid dynastyThe House of Mojmír is the modern name of the ruling dynasty of Great Moravia, the Moravian principality and the Principality of Nitra in the 9th and early 10th century....
, which was named after him.
He appears in Frankish sources in 830 as a ruler of the Moravian principality, a Slavic state situated in present day Czech republic, Slovakia, Carpathian Rus, Hungary, Slovenia and northern Croatia.
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Mojmír I was the first known prince of the Моravian principality (?830-833) after the fall of Samo's Moravian empire and the first prince of
Great MoraviaGreat Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory...
(833-846). He is also the first known member of the
Mojmirid dynastyThe House of Mojmír is the modern name of the ruling dynasty of Great Moravia, the Moravian principality and the Principality of Nitra in the 9th and early 10th century....
, which was named after him.
He appears in Frankish sources in 830 as a ruler of the Moravian principality, a Slavic state situated in present day Czech republic, Slovakia, Carpathian Rus, Hungary, Slovenia and northern Croatia. Mojmír I supported Christian missionaries coming from
PassauPassau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany, known also as the Dreiflüssestadt , because the Danube is joined there by the Inn from the South, and the Ilz coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North....
and perhaps also accepted Frankish formal sovereignty. In 833, he joined the Moravian and Nitrian Principalities (originally ruled by prince
PribinaPribina, also called Priwina or Privina by Frankish chronicles, was the ruler and Prince of the Principality of Nitra before 833, and established and ruled the Balaton Principality from 839/840 to 861....
) and formed the Moravian empire. Uniting both states, he founded the state known as
Great MoraviaGreat Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe from the 9th century to the early 10th century. There is some controversy as to the actual location of its core territory...
. Mojmír I was succeeded by his nephew
RostislavRostislav can refer to:*Rostislav , second ruler of Great Moravia, the earliest Slavic state*Rostislav of Tmutarakan *Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Prince of Pereyaslavl in 1078-1093...
in 846.