| Višeslav I | |
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| Prince / Archont / Knez of Serbs / Serbia Knez of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim |
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| Reign | fl. 768-814 |
| Predecessor | Unknown Archont |
| Successor | Radoslav |
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| Radoslav | |
| House | House of Vlastimirović |
| Born | 2nd half of 700s Ras |
| Died | early 800s |
Višeslav (Serbian: Вишеслав, Greek: Βοίσέσθλαβοζ[A]) was Prince of the Serbs fl. 768-814. He united various Serb tribes into an unified state.
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Višeslav was the great-grandson of the Unknown Archont, the leader of the White Serbs that settled the Balkans after an agreement with the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610-641).[1]
He ruled the Županias of Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim, his ancestral lands.[2][1][3]
Višeslav united various Serbian provinces (kneževine) and tribes of the Byzantine Sclaviniae in the 8th century into the Principality of Serbia (known anachronistically in western sources as Raška).[4] In 785, Constantine VI conquers the Sclaviniae of Macedonia ('Sclavenias penes Macedoniam'), situated to the south.
He ruled Serbia as Prince (Knez, Archont, ἄρχοντες) fl. 768-814 (During the rule of Charlemagne[5][6]).[7][2]
He was succeeded by his son Radoslav, who was the ruler of Serbia during the uprisings (819-822) of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks. According to the Royal Frankish Annals, in 822, Ljudevit went from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs somewhere in western Bosnia who controlled a great part of Dalmatia ("Sorabos, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur").[8][9]
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Višeslav I, Ruler of Serbia
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Last known title holder:
Unknown Archontas Archont of Serbs |
Prince of Serbia Neretva, Tara, Piva, Lim fl. 768–814 |
Succeeded by Radoslav |
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