Stefan Mutimirović

Stefan
Born Stari Ras
Religion Eastern Orthodox Christian
Parents Mutimir
(House of Vlastimirović)

Stefan Mutimirović (Serbian: Стефан Мутимировић, Greek: Στέφανος) was a 9th century Serbian royal member of the ruling dynasty, the Vlastimirović.[1][2]

He was the younger son of Mutimir of the ruling Serbian dynasty, the Vlastimirovići. His father had with his brothers Strojimir and Gojnik, defeated the Bulgar Army sent by Tsar Boris, led by his son Vladimir. They were captured with 12 boyars, but were soon freed in exchange for good relations between the peoples, peace was agreed and Stefan and his older brother Pribislav escorts the prisoners towards the border beyond Rascia. There Boris gives them rich gifts and is given 2 slaves, 2 falcons, two dogs, and 80 furs by Mutimir.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ The early medieval Balkans
  2. ^ a b http://books.google.se/books?id=Ki1icLbr_QQC
  3. ^ De Administrando Imperio

Sources

  • De Administrando Imperio by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, edited by Gy. Moravcsik and translated by R. J. H. Jenkins, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington D. C., 1993
  • Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Michigan: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472082604, 0472100793. 
  • Ferjančić, B. 1997, "Basile I et la restauration du pouvoir byzantin au IXème siècle", Zbornik radova Vizantološkog instituta, no. 36, pp. 9-30.