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King of the Slavs

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King of the Slavs (Latin: rex Sclavorum, Sclavorum rex) was a title denoting some Slavic rulers, as well as Germanic rulers that conquered Slavs, in the Middle Ages in European sources, such as Papal correspondence.

Papal use is bolded.

Slavic
  • Samo, ruler of Slavs (623–658); in the Frankish Annals
  • Drogoviz, ruler of the Veleti (789); in Annales Mettenses priores in c. 805
  • Trpimir I, ruler of Croatia (845–864); erroneously by Gottschalk in the 840s
  • Svatopluk I of Moravia, ruler of Moravia (870–894); by Pope Stephen V in 885
  • Michael, ruler of Zahumlje (913–926); erroneously in the Annales Barenses
  • Mihailo Vojislavljević, ruler of Duklja/Montenegro (1050–1081); by Pope Gregory VII in 1077
  • Vukan, ruler of Rascia/Serbia (1089–1105); by William of Tyre between 1170 and 1184
  • Stefan Dragutin, ruler of Serbia (1276–1282) and Syrmia (1282–1316); by Pope Nicholas IV in 1288
  • Non-Slavic
  • Canute Lavard, Danish prince (1120–1131); by Abbott Wilhelm after 1129
  • References

    King of the Slavs Wikipedia