Pribislav of Serbia

Pribislav (, ) was Prince of the Serbs for a year, in 891–892, before being deposed by his cousin Petar. He was the eldest son of Mutimir (r. 851–891) of the Vlastimirović dynasty, who ruled during the expanding and Christianization of Serbia.

Life

His father had with his brothers Strojimir and Gojnik, defeated the Bulgar Army sent by Tsar Boris I of Bulgaria and led by his son Vladimir. Vladimir was captured together with 12 boyars. Boris I and Mutimir agreed on peace (and perhaps an alliance

In the 880s, Mutimir seized the throne, exiling his younger brothers and Klonimir, Strojimir's son, to the court of Boris I in the Bulgar Khanate. Petar, the son of Gojnik, was kept at the Serbian court of Mutimir for political reasons, Bran was defeated, captured and blinded (a Byzantine tradition meant to disqualify a person from taking the throne )

His only son, Zaharija, remained in Constantinople for a long period before successfully seizing the throne with Byzantine aid, ruling from 922–924.

Legacy The Pribislav mentioned in the Gospel of Cividale (codex aquileiensis), is most likely referring to Pribislav.