Vlastimir of Serbia

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Vlastimir was the name of two early Serbian dukes (knez), grandfather and grandson.

The first Vlastimir was the great-great-grandson of the Unknown Archont who led the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century. He was inherited by his son named Prosigoj.

The second Vlastimir was the son of Prosigoj. He ruled over the Serbs around 825/850, and he was the actual founder of the House of Vlastimirović.

Vlastimir had three sons and one daughter. His daughter married knez Krajina, son of Beloje, župan of Travunija (Trabounia). Each son had his own domain, but Mutimir, the eldest, was the supreme ruler, his two brothers being subjugated (vassals) to him. The brothers successfully fought off a Bulgarian onslaught by Khan Boris I in 852. Later, the two youngest brothers rebelled against Mutimir, who, as a punishment, let Bulgarian Khan Boris subjugate them.