Miroslav ( la, Miroslaus) was the King of

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from 945 until his

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in 949 and a member of the

Trpimirović dynasty Trpimirović dynasty ( hr, Trpimirovići) was a native Croatian dynasty that ruled in the Duchy and later the Kingdom of Croatia, with interruptions by the Domagojević dynasty from 845 until 1091. It was named after Trpimir I, the first member ...

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He was the oldest son of Krešimir I and succeeded him as king in 945. During his reign, Croatia suffered a civil war started by the followers of his brother,

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. Because of this, Miroslav lost most of his lands in Bosnia, and the Byzantines wanted to take back his holdings in Dalmatia. In his time, it is known that the Croatian navy was reduced to only 30 ships, while the infantry and cavalry had even more devastating losses in the civil war until Miroslav was finally killed by Pribina, Ban of Croatia in 949, and his younger brother,

, succeeded him as king.

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* * Kings of Croatia 10th-century Croatian monarchs Year of birth unknown 949 deaths Roman Catholic monarchs Trpimirović dynasty {{Croatia-bio-stub

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