Ratimir of Pannonian Croatia
Monarch
Ratimir (or Radoslav) was a Croatian duke or prince, Bulgarian-imposed Duke of Pannonian Croatia from ca. 829 to 838. His name contents the word "rat", meaning "war", and "mir", meaning "peace". It is believed that Ratimir descends from a royal dynasty that provided rulers for Moravia and Croatia. In 827, the Bulgars under Great Khan Omurtag invaded and conquered the Croatian Principality of Southern Pannonia (Savia) and parts of territories to the north of Savia, that were a part of Frankish kingdom. In 829 they imposed a local Prince Ratimir as the new ruler of Pannonia in their name. Nine years later (838) after the Bulgarian conquest of Macedonia, the Danubian Count Ratbod, Head of the East March, deposed Prince Ratimir and restored Frankish rule in Pannonia. After the attack of Ratbod, Ratimir fled, and in Pannonian Croatia, in the name of the Franks, ruled Slav dukes Pribina and Kocelj from today's western Hungary Blatnograd/Zalavar or Keszthely. Unlike his predecessors, Ratimir experienced a rift in relations with the Christian Byzantine Empire.
Personal facts
| Date of death | January 01, 0838 |
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| Title | Duke of Pannonian Croatia |
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