Principality of Blatean [comm. 1] , also known as the Principality of Pannonian or Transdanubian ( Slovak. Blatenské kniežatstvo , Slovenian. Spodnja Panonija , Bulgarian. Blatensky princedom , Hungarian. Balatoni Fejedelemség , German. Plattensee-Fürstentum ) - the name of the Slavic state from 8 years , 876 , 8 creatures , 76 years in the region of Lake Blatensky - Balaton (the territory of modern Hungary ) with its capital in the city of Blatnograd .
| Historical state | |
| Principality of Blatensky | |
|---|---|
 | |
846 - 875 | |
| Capital | Blatnograd |
| Languages) | Slavic |
| Form of government | |
| Official language | |
| Continuity | |
| ← Avar Kaganate | |
| Principality of Hungary → | |
It occupied the territory between Drava in the south, Danube in the east, Graz in the west and Veszprem in the north. According to recent studies, the Principality of Blatensky also owned the territory between Gyor and Klosterneuburg . During its heyday, the principality was a kind of connecting link between the western ( Great Moravia in the north) and southern ( Croatia in the Balkans) Slavic peoples , destroyed by the Hungarian invasions.
Composition
The Principality consisted of several counties:
- Blatensky, between Veszprem and Drava
- Ptuj, near the city of Ptuj
- Dudlebsky, between Graz and Blatnograd
- probably Etgar, between Köszeg and Klosterneuburg
History
Blatensky princes
Pribina and Cocel
In 500-700, the so-called Kestel culture of mixed Romano-Slavic-Avar origin existed on the territory of the future principality. In 833, his prince Pribina was expelled from the Principality of Nitran . He received asylum from Louis II of Germany . He baptized Pribin and in 839 gave him part of the territory of Karantania around Lake Balaton . In 847, Pribina received the right to inherit this land, and the Principality of Blatensk was separated from Carantania. Pribina founded Blatnograd as the capital of his new principality. After the death of Pribina, his son Kotsel became the prince. During his reign, the principality became the cultural and intellectual center of the Slavs . In 867, Kotsel accepted Cyril and Methodius in Blatnograd , who trained 50 students in Blatnograd . In the 870s, Methodius of Solunsky continued his educational activities on the territory of the principality and founded the Pannonian Archbishopric here. .
In 874, Prince Svyatopolk I annexed the Principality of Blatens to Great Moravia . However, in 876, after the death of Kotsel , Louis II of Germany took back the lands donated to Pribin. After the death of Louis II, the Pannonian unit in 884 was again captured by Great Moravia. Arnulf of Carinthia in 894 returned it to the East Frankish Kingdom , and in 896 gave it as a Lena to the Slavic Prince Braslav , who included him in the Pannonian Croatia . In 901, the territory of the Principality of Blatensky was captured by the Hungarians . In the X-XII centuries, most of the local West Slavic population underwent early Magyarization and partly Germanization, although a small part of it, later identifying as Croats , remained dispersed in the countryside until the end of the XIX century .
The population of Pannonia was mainly the ancestors of modern Slovenes, and also partially - Slovaks and Croats [1] .
Notes
- Comments
- ↑ The emphasis in the word “Blatenskoe” on the second syllable. See the article “Principality of Blatensky” in the Encyclopedic Dictionary (2009).
- Sources
- ↑ Ed. Korolyuk, V. D. and others. Great Moravia: its historical and cultural significance. - M .: Nauka, 1985 .-- S. 188.
Links
- Principality of Blatensky - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .