Ljudislav

Ljudislav
Narentanorum princeps[1]
Narentines in the 9th century
Reign 840
Predecessor Drosaico
Successor Uneslaf and Diodur

Ljudislav[A] (9th century) was a South Slavic ruler of the Narentines in 840. He waged a successful naval battle against the Republic of Venice.

Life

Ljudislav was possibly a co-ruler or successor of Drosaico.[2] In 840, Doge of Venice Pietro Tradonico attacks the Narentines. Ljudislav successfully waged a naval battle against the Doge, who lost some hundred people.[2] His successors, Uneslaf and Diodur, plundered the Venetian borders.[3]

Titles of nobility
Preceded by
Drosaico
Župan of Narentia
fl. 840
Succeeded by
Uneslaf and
Diodur

References

  1. ^ Name: In Latin, he is sourced as Liuditus sclavus[2] or Liudisclav[1], In Slavic, his name is rendered as Ljudislav[2].
  1. ^ a b Monumenta spectantia historiam Slavorum meridionalium
  2. ^ a b c d Ferdo Šišić, Povijest hrvata u vrijeme narodnih vladara
  3. ^ The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 87

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