Radoslav of Serbia

Radoslav I
Knez, Archont, Prince of Serbs
Prince of Serbia
Reign	fl. 814–822
Predecessor	Višeslav I
Successor	Prosigoj
Died	after 822
House	Vlastimirović dynasty
Father	Višeslav
Religion	Slavic paganism

Radoslav (Serbian: Радослав, Greek: Τοδόσθλαβος^[1]) was a Serbian Prince (Knez, Archont) who ruled over the Serbs from 800 to 822, he succeeded his father Višeslav who united the Serbian tribes, resulting in the formation of Raška (Rascia, modern Serbia) in the 8th century.^[2] His son Prosigoj succeeded him in ca 822.^[3][4]

He or his son 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").^[5][6]

Kinship

• Unknown Archont (~610–641+), Leader of Serbs and their Byzantine Sclaviniae under Heraclius.
  • Unknown lineage of several generations
    • Višeslav (~780–800)
      • Radoslav (~800–822)
        • Prosigoj (822–836)
          • Vlastimir (836–~850)

References

1. SANU - Posebna Izdanja - Vizantijski Izvori Za Istoriju Naroda Jugoslavije Tom 2, page 50: "...(Βοϊσέσθλαβος) и од њега Радослав (Τοδόσθλαβος) и од њега Просигој (Προσηγόης)...
2. The mountains of Montenegro
3. De Administrando Imperio - Constantine Porphyrogenitus
4. The Serbs
5. Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250
6. Ćirković 2008, p. 14.

Sources

• Станоје Станојевић, „Историја српскога народа“, Београд 1989
• Живковић, Тибор (2002). Јужни Словени под византијском влашћу 600-1025 (South Slavs under the Byzantine Rule 600-1025). Београд: Историјски институт САНУ, Службени гласник.
• Живковић, Тибор (2006). Портрети српских владара: IX-XII век (Portraits of Serbian Rulers: IX-XII Century). Београд: Завод за уџбенике и наставна средства.
• Živković, Tibor (2008). Forging unity: The South Slavs between East and West 550-1150. Belgrade: The Institute of History, Čigoja štampa.
• Ćirković, Sima (2008). The Serbs. John Wiley & Sons.