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Mojmir I arose in
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as an opportunity to plot a rebellion and try to throw off the yoke of
Frankish overlordship in the 840s. Thus his emerging power became a serious threat to Louis II the German, ruler of the East Frankish kingdom. The Franks invaded Moravia in mid-August 846. They encountered little resistance and
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The frontiers of the
Moravian state under Mojmir I are not precisely known. It is, however, certain that the Moravians were expanding in the 830s. By the time the document known as the
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set off around the middle of August with an army against the
Moravian Slavs who were planning to defect. There he arranged and settled matters as he wished, and set
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whose reign would last for at least 35 years. However, when he died some time between 658 and 669, his principality collapsed without trace.
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Introduction to Early Hungarian History. CEU Press. p. 243.
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to their overlords, but they began to resist in the early 7th century. First those who inhabited the region of today's
281:. Among these polities, the Moravian principality showed up for the first time in 822 when the Moravians, according to the
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was compiled sometime between 844 and 862, the
Moravians already held eleven fortresses in the region. Similarly, the
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or one of Mojmir I's rebellious subordinates. Modern historians, although not unanimously, identify
Pribina's lands
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The idea that Mojmir I was baptized between 818 and 824 is based on indirect evidence, namely on the dating of a
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342:) to the first quarter of the 9th century. Although this idea is still a matter of scholarly debate, the
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Christianization and the Rise of
Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus’, c. 900–1200
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sources refer to the
Mojmirid rulers of Moravia consistently with the title "кнѧзь" respectively "княз" (
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deprived Mojmir I of his throne. He seems to have fled or been killed during the invasion. His relative,
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372:, was "driven across the Danube by Mojmir, duke of the Moravians". Pribina was either the head of
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Another century and a half passed before the Avars were finally defeated between 792 and 796 by
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is attributed either to his or to his successors' expansionist policy. He was deposed in 846 by
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Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs
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recorded a mass baptism of the Moravians in 831 by Bishop Reginhar of Passau. Even so, the
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in Mikulčice continued in uninterrupted use until the middle of the 9th century.
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351:sanctuary
336:Mikulčice
332:Christian
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94:Probably
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260:Frankish
166:Moymarus
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150:Moimir I
146:Mojmir I
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513:Latin
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348:pagan
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