Miroslav of Croatia explained

Miroslav
Succession:	King of Croatia
Reign:	945–949
Predecessor:	Krešimir I
Successor:	Michael Krešimir II
Death Date:	949
Spouse:	Marguerite
House:	Trpimirović
House-Type:	Dynasty
Father:	Krešimir I
Religion:	Christianity

Miroslav (Latin: Miroslaus) was the King of Croatia from 945 until his death in 949^[1] and a member of the Trpimirović dynasty.

Reign

He was the oldest son of Krešimir I and succeeded him as king in 945. During his reign, Croatia suffered a civil war started by the followers of his brother, Michael Krešimir II. Because of this, Miroslav lost most of his lands in Bosnia, and the Byzantines wanted to take back his holdings in Dalmatia.

In his time, it is known that the Croatian navy was reduced to only 30 ships, while the infantry and cavalry had even more devastating losses in the civil war until Miroslav was finally killed by Pribina, Ban of Croatia in 949, and his younger brother, Michael Krešimir II, succeeded him as king.

See also

• List of rulers of Croatia

Sources

• Book: Horvat, Rudolf. Rudolf Horvat. Povijest Hrvatske I. (od najstarijeg doba do g. 1657.). Croatian. 1924. 24. Nasljednici kralja Tomislava.
• Smrt hrvatskih kraljeva Miroslava i Zvonimira. Church in the World. Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split. 1967. Jadrijević. Ante. 2 . 1 . 45–59 . Croatian. PDF. 31 December 2014.

Notes and References

1. Book: Francis Ralph Preveden. A History of the Croatian People from Their Arrival on the Shores of the Adriatic to the Present Day: Prehistory and early period until 1397 A.D. 1962. Philosophical Library. 67.