Archont Petar

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Lead stamp of Archont Petar (9th century), The Holy Virgin Mary with the Christ Child (left) and inscription in Greek "+ Petar archont of Dioklia AMIN" (right).

Archont Petar (Predimir) (ca. 930 - ca. 980) was the Prince of Duklja and Travunia during ca. 900. He was one of the first rulers of Duklja.

[edit] Origin

There appear to be two theories on his origin, the latter being less possible:

[edit] Trpimirović

He was a descendent of the Croatian Trpimirović dynasty.

• Trpimir I
  • Municimir
    • Trpimir II
      • Krešimir I
      • Petar (Predimir)

Source: Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja

[edit] Višeslavić

He was the grandson of the Serbian ruler Višeslav.

• Višeslav
  • Mutimir
  • Strojimir
  • Gojnik
    • Petar (Predimir)

Source: De Administrando Imperio, chapter 32; Croats and Serbs by Dominik Mandić, chapter 5.

[edit] Legacy

He married Prechvala, daughter of an unnamed župan of Raška, and they had four sons. The first born was called Chlavimir, the second Boleslav, the third Dragislav, and the fourth Svevlad.

Petar died and was buried in the Church of St. Peter, in the episcopate of Raška.

Petar's seventh descendent was Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav, the founder of the House of Vojislavljević.

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