Ljudemisl

Duke of The Croats

Liudemuhls or Ljudemisl was a medieval Slavic duke, vassal to the Franks, who was in power in 823 in parts of Dalmatia known as the Duchy of the Croats.^[1]

Ljudemisl was the maternal uncle of Borna, the Duke of Dalmatia (r. 819–821).^[1] After Ljudevit had left the Serbs, he was a guest of Ljudemisl, who treacherously killed him.^[2] Ljudemisl may have done so to fortify his claim to power under the Franks.^[1]

References

1. Živković 2011, pp. 394–395.
2. Scholz 1970, p. 113.

Sources

• Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (2005). When Ethnicity Did Not Matter in the Balkans: A Study of Identity in Pre-Nationalist Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia in the Medieval and Early-Modern Periods. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472025600.
• Scholz, Bernhard Walter, ed. (1970). Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472061860.
• Živković, Tibor (2011). "The Origin of the Royal Frankish Annalist's Information about the Serbs in Dalmatia". Homage to Academician Sima Ćirković. Belgrade: The Institute for History. pp. 381–398. ISBN 9788677430917.