| Ljudevit/Liudewit | |
|---|---|
| Duke of Lower Pannonia[1][b] | |
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| Reign | c. 810 – c. 823 |
| Successor | Ratimir |
| Died | 823 Dalmatia |
Ljudevit (pronounced [ʎûdeʋit]) or Liudewit (Latin: Liudewitus), often also Ljudevit Posavski, was the Duke of the Slavs in Lower Pannonia[1][b] from 810 to 823. The capital of his realm was in Sisak (today in Croatia). As the ruler of the Pannonian Slavs,[2] he led a resistance to Frankish domination. Having lost the war against the Franks, he fled to the south, presumably to Dalmatia, first to an unknown Serb župa (a topic of historical debates), and then to the Croat ruler Ljudemisl, who treacherously killed him.[3]
- ^ a b John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 255
- ^ Studia Slovenica. Vol. 3. Studia Slovenica. 1960. p. 21.
... in the unsuccessful rebellion of Ljudevit of Posavia (Ljudevit Posavski), leader of the Pannonic Slavs, against the Franks, the semi-independence of the land was definitely at an end. From 828 onward it was administered by Bavarian counts.
- ^ Scholz 1970, p. 113.