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Petar of Serbia
Prince of Serbia from 892 to 917 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about medieval Serbian prince. For the last king of Serbia, see Peter I of Serbia.
Petar Gojniković or Peter of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Гојниковић, Greek: Πέτρος;[lower-alpha 1] ca. 870 – 917) was Prince of the Serbs from 892 to 917. He ruled and expanded the First Serbian Principality and won several wars against other family members that sought the crown. He was the first Serbian monarch with a Christian (non-Slavic) name.
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Petar Петар | |||||
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Prince of Serbia | |||||
Reign | 892–917 | ||||
Predecessor | Pribislav | ||||
Successor | Pavle | ||||
Born | ca. 870 | ||||
Died | after August 917 | ||||
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Dynasty | Vlastimirović | ||||
Father | Gojnik | ||||
Religion | Chalcedonian Christian |
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Petar was the son of Gojnik, the youngest son of Vlastimir (r. 831–851) of the first Serbian dynasty (ruling since the early 7th century).