Tomislav, King of Croatia
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Tomislav was the first king of Croatia. He became Duke of Croatia c. 910 and was crowned king by 925, reigning until c. 928. During Tomislav's rule, Croatia forged an alliance with the Byzantine Empir
Equestrian statue of King Tomislav by Robert Frangeš-Mihanović (1947), Zagreb, Croatia
Southeast Europe in 910
Coronation of King Tomislav (modern painting by Oton Iveković, 1905)
Stamp issued by Kingdom of Yugoslavia postal service (1940)
The Kingdom of Croatia, and since 1060 known as Kingdom of Croatia and Dalmatia, was a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Croatia, as well as most of the modern-day B
Tomislav, King of Croatia
…he disappeared from the political scene after 928 and was succeeded by Trpimir II. Geographic extent The greatest suggested geographic extent of the Kingdom of Croatia c. 925, during Tomislav's reign The geographic extent of Tomislav's kingdom is not fully known. John the Deacon, whose chronicle is a primary source…
10th century Queen Helen's Epitaph.
The wattle (pleter) with the inscription of king Stephen Držislav, 10th century.
King Zvonimir's corronation place in Church of Saint Peter and Moses in Solin.