Borna (duke)

Borna
Duke of Croatia
Reignc. 810–821
PredecessorVišeslav
SuccessorVladislav
Diedbetween January and October 821[1]
ReligionChristianity

Borna was the duke of Croatia from c. 810 to 821 and vassal of the Frankish Empire. He resided in Nin and was the ruler of most of the Croats in northern Dalmatia.[2]

Borna's predecessor was Višeslav, possibly his father.[3] After his death in 821, he was succeeded by his nephew Vladislav.

He is mentioned in the Royal Frankish Annals (Annales regni Francorum) in entries regarding 818–821. His titles were "Duke of the Guduscani" (a Croatian tribe from Lika and northern Dalmatia)[4][5] in 818; "Duke of Dalmatia" in 819; "Duke of Dalmatia and Liburnia" in 821. Historiography treats him as a ruler of Dalmatian Croatia.

  1. ^ Živković 2011, p. 390.
  2. ^ John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 255
  3. ^ Lučić, Josip (1989), "Borna", Croatian Biographical Lexicon (HBL) (in Croatian), Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute
  4. ^ "Gačani". Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. ^ Ćošković, Pejo (1998). "GAČANI (Guduscani)". Croatian Biographical Lexicon. Retrieved 10 October 2019.