Ratimir of Pannonian Croatia (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ratimir (or Radoslav) (Latin: Ratimirus) was a Croatian duke or prince (knez), Bulgarian-imposed Duke of Pannonian Croatia from ca. 829 to 838. His name contents the word "rat," meaning "war," and "mir," meaning "peace." It is believed that Ratimir descends from a royal dynasty that provided rulers for Moravia and Croatia. In 827, the Bulgars under Great Khan Omurtag invaded and conquered the Croatian Principality of Southern Pannonia (Savia) and parts of territories to the north of Savia, that were a part of Frankish kingdom. In 829 they imposed a local Prince Ratimir as the new ruler of Pannonia in their name. Nine years later (838) after the Bulgarian conquest of Macedonia, the Danubian Count Ratbod, Head of the East March, deposed Prince Ratimir and restored Frankish rule in Pannonia.