House of Trpimirović 2547039 223973556 2008-07-06T19:41:09Z Bonio 4556543 {{Royal house| | surname = House of Trpimir | estate = of Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia | coat of arms = | country = [[Croatia]] | parent house = unknown | titles = [[Prince]], [[Duke]], [[Monarch|King]], [[Ban (title)|Ban]] | founder = [[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir I]] | final ruler = [[Stjepan II of Croatia|Stjepan II]] | current head = extinct | founding year = [[845]] | dissolution = [[1091]] | nationality = [[Croats|Croatian]] | cadet branches = [[Krešimir III of Croatia|House of Krešimirović]], [[Svetoslav Suronja|House of Svetoslavić]] }} '''Trpimirović dynasty''' was a native [[Croats|Croat]] dynasty that ruled in [[Medieval Croatian state|Croatia]], with interruptions, from [[845]] until [[1091]]. The dynasty was named after [[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir I]], the first member of dynasty known by name. The most famous of the Trpimirović's are: [[Tomislav]] (first king of Croatia, crowned in [[925]]), [[Petar Krešimir IV|Petar Krešimir]] and [[Dmitar Zvonimir]]. House of Trpimirović gave four Dukes and thirteen Kings of Croatia. ==Dukes of Dalmatian Croatia== *[[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir I]] (845–864) *[[Zdeslav of Croatia|Zdeslav]] (878–879) *[[Muncimir of Croatia|Muncimir]] (892–910) *[[Tomislav]] (910–925) ==Kings of Croatia== *[[Tomislav]] (925–928) *[[Trpimir II of Croatia|Trpimir II]] (928–935) *[[Krešimir I of Croatia|Krešimir I]] (935–945) *[[Miroslav of Croatia|Miroslav]] (945–949) *[[Mihajlo Krešimir II]] (949–969) *[[Stjepan Držislav]] (969–997) *[[Svetoslav Suronja]] (997–1000) *[[Krešimir III of Croatia|Krešimir III]] (1000– c. 1030) *[[Gojslav of Croatia|Gojslav]] (1000–c. 1020) *[[Stjepan I of Croatia|Stjepan I]] (c. 1030–1058) *[[Petar Krešimir IV]] (1058–1074) *[[Dmitar Zvonimir]] (1075–1089) *[[Stjepan II of Croatia|Stjepan II]] (1089–1091) ==Cadet lines== After the death of King [[Stjepan Držislav]] and succussion struggles between his sons [[Svetoslav Suronja]], [[Gojslav of Croatia|Gojslav]] and [[Krešimir III of Croatia|Krešimir]] the Trpimirović dynasty divided into two branches: the main Krešimirović branch (descendants of Krešimir) and Svetoslavić branch (descendants of [[Svetoslav Suronja]]). Gojslav had no children. According to a version of the [[Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja]] from the [[12th century]]: "King Predimir lived for many years and saw his sons' sons before he died at a ripe old age. He was entombed with great honour, reverence and glory in church of St. Peter in the episcopate of Rassa. His brother Cresimir [Crescimir] had a son named Stephen. After his father's death he ruled White Croatia and Bosna, and after him they [his descendants ?] always reigned in Croatia...." ==Family Tree== *[[Trpimir I of Croatia|Trpimir I]] **Petar **[[Zdeslav of Croatia|Zdeslav]] **[[Muncimir of Croatia|Muncimir]] ***[[Tomislav]] ***[[Trpimir II of Croatia|Trpimir II]] ****[[Krešimir I of Croatia|Krešimir I]] *****[[Miroslav of Croatia|Miroslav]] *****[[Mihajlo Krešimir II]], married to [[Jelena of Zadar]] ******[[Stjepan Držislav]] *******[[Svetoslav Suronja]] ********[[Stjepan Svetoslavić]], married Joscella Orseolo, daughter of [[Pietro Orseolo II]] *********[[Dmitar Zvonimir]], married [[Jelena Lijepa|Ilona]] (Jelena Lijepa) of the [[Árpád dynasty]] *******[[Gojslav of Croatia|Gojslav]] *******[[Krešimir III of Croatia|Krešimir III]] ********[[Stjepan I of Croatia|Stjepan I]] *********[[Petar Krešimir IV]] **********Radovan **********Nada *********Častimir **********[[Stjepan II of Croatia|Stjepan II]] ==See also== * [[List of rulers of Croatia]] == References == * Hrvatski leksikon (1997, A-Ž, 2 volume, in Croatian * Intervju - ДИНАСТИЈЕ и владари јужнословенских народа. Special Edition 12, 16 June 1989. ==External links== *[http://www.hr/darko/etf/et01.html#dukes The Earliest Croatian Dukes and Kings] {{Croatia-hist-stub}} [[Category:European royal families]] [[Category:History of Croatia]] [[Category:Kings of Croatia]] [[Category:Croatian nobility]] [[be-x-old:Трпіміравічы]] [[bs:Trpimirovići]] [[de:Trpimirović-Dynastie]] [[hr:Trpimirovići]] [[pl:Trpimirowicze]] [[sv:Huset Trpimirović]]