Mojmir II of Moravia
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Mojmir II | |
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King of Great Moravia | |
Reign | 894–after 901 |
Predecessor | Svatopluk I |
Successor | unknown |
Born | c. 872 |
House | House of Mojmír |
Father | Svatopluk I |
Mother | Svatožizna? |
Mojmir II(Latin:Moymirus,CzechandSlovak:Mojmír II.,born after 871, died after 901) was a member of theHouse of Mojmirand since 894 the last known ruler ofGreat Moravia.[1]He probably died in the beginning of the 10th century in a battle against theMagyars.
Biography
[edit]Mojmir II ruled at the same time as the son ofSvatopluk Iand grandson (according toSimon of Kéza) ofMorot(a Prince of Poland who had subduedBractariand ruled as Emperor of the Bulgars and Moravians).[2]Prince Morot conqueredCrișanaand the people that are calledCozarinhabiting that land. This grandson of Prince Morot through Svatopluk I was calledMenumorout(Stallion of Morout).[3]As in the Hungarian "Menumarot" version of history, Mojmir II succeeded his fatherSvatopluk Ias the king of Great Moravia in 894. At the same time, thePrincipality of Nitrawas given as anappanageto his brotherSvatopluk II.But Svatopluk II, supported byArnulf of Carinthia,king ofEast Francia,rebelled against Mojmir II in 895 and again in 897, when he concluded an agreement of cooperation with Arnulf. As a result, Mojmir II attacked his brother, but was defeated by East Frankish troops sent to support Svatopluk II's rebellion.
Weakened by internal conflict,[4]Great Moravia lost its peripheral territories: It ceded theBalaton Principalityto the Eastern Franks in 894, after Magyar tribes had looted this region.Bohemia,seceding from Great Moravia in the following year, became Arnulf’s vassal, andLusatiafollowed suit in 897. Another danger emerged, when Magyars crossed theCarpathiansto settle permanently in the Carpathian Basin (895/896). In 896, they settled or were settled in the scarcely populated territories of Great Moravia, residing around the upper/middle Tisza River in 900/901. After several looting raids in Europe, they moved to Transdanubia.
Despite these disasters, Mojmir managed to consolidate his power. In 898 he asked the Pope to consecrate new Great Moravian clerics in order to decrease the influence of Bavarian clerics in his country. The Bavarians (Eastern Franks), upset by the 898 demand, sent troops to Great Moravia, which Mojmir defeated. Moreover, Mojmir captured the still rebelliousSvatopluk II,but the latter was eventually rescued by the Bavarian troops, with whom he fled to Germany.
After the death of Arnulf, the Pope finally sent his legates to consecrate a Great Moravian archbishop and three bishops in 899, thus decreasing the influence of the Bavarian clergy. The only thing we know about them is that the archbishop allowed liturgies to be conducted inOld Church Slavonicagain (i.e., as opposed to Latin liturgies) and one of them had his seat inNitra.
As mentioned above, in 900 the Magyars invadedTransdanubia(a former Great Moravian territory occupied by Franks) and raided Bavaria together with Mojmir’s troops. Eastern Francia was compelled to conclude a peace treaty with Great Moravia in 901 and Mojmir was reconciled with his brother, who is assumed to have returned to Great Moravia about this time. The peace treaty with the Eastern Franks also put an end to wars between Great Moravia and the Frankish vassal Bohemia lasting since 895. When and whether the territory that is now southernPolandseceded from Great Moravia is unknown.
Mojmir II and Svatopluk II probably died in 906.
In 907, the Magyars routed the Bavarian army at thethree battles of Bratislava.Mojmir or any name of a successor is not mentioned in connection with these important battles.
After 907 the Great Moravian Empire began to disintegrate. The remnants of the core territory of Great Moravia were divided between the newly established states ofBohemiaand theKingdom of Hungary,and small local rulers continued to rule for some decades in the mountains of what is nowSlovakia.
See also
[edit]References
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