Mojmir I of Moravia

Mojmir I
Mojmir I
	Mojmir I on a banknote of the Slovak state (1944).
Ruler of Moravia
Reign	820s/830s–846
Predecessor	Mojmar (?)
Successor	Rastislav
Born	Probably 816
Died	846
Issue	Rastislav of Moravia
House	House of Mojmir
Father	Mojmar (?)

Mojmir I, Moimir I or Moymir I^[1] (Latin: Moimarus, Moymarus; Czech and Slovak: Mojmír I.) was the first known ruler^[2] of the Moravian Slavs (820s/830s–846)^[3]^[4] and eponym of the House of Mojmir. In modern scholarship, the creation of the early medieval state known as Great Moravia is attributed either to his or to his successors' expansionist policy.^[5]^[6] He was deposed in 846 by Louis the German, king of East Francia.^[7]

^ Róna-Tas, András (1999). Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages: An Introduction to Early Hungarian History. CEU Press. p. 243.
^ The Old Church Slavonic sources refer to the Mojmirid rulers of Moravia consistently with the title "кнѧзь" respectively "княз" (Knez), which is also paraphrased by the Arabic word "k.náz". The Greek sources translate the Knez title consistently with "ἄρχων" (Archon), while the titulation in Latin sources is inconsistent. The dominating titles are "dux" and "rex", rarely "regulus", "princeps" and unique "comes". In what way the Knez title is referable to modern titles such as Prince, Duke or King, is matter of scholarly debate. In the pre-state period the western Slavonic tribes regularly had more than one ruler, contrary to the situation in Moravia after Mojmir I. – In: Miroslav Lysý: Titul mojmírovských panovníkov, S. 24-33; František Graus: Dux-rex Moraviae, S. 181-190; Sommer et al: Great Moravia.
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^ Barford 2001, p. 109
^ Kirschbaum 2007, p. 194
^ Kirschbaum 2007, pp. 180., 194.