Mutimir of Serbia

Mutimir
Prince of Serbia
Reignc. 850 – 891
PredecessorVlastimir
SuccessorPribislav
Bornca. 830s
Died891
IssuePribislav
Stefan
Bran
HouseVlastimirović
FatherVlastimir
ReligionChalcedonian Christian (c. 870)
prev. Slavic pagan

Mutimir (Serbian: Мутимир, Greek: Μουντιμῆρος[A]) was prince of the first Serbian Principality from ca. 850 until 891. He defeated the Bulgar army, and allied himself with the Byzantine emperor, and the Church in Serbia with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

He was the eldest son of Knez Vlastimir, great-great-grandson of the Unknown Archont, who managed to unite the Serb tribes into a state.[1] He initially ruled together with his two younger brothers, but they revolted against him and he exiled them to Bulgaria, as guarantors of peace.

  1. ^ Madgearu, Alexandru (2008). The wars of the Balkan Peninsula: their medieval origins. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5846-0.