Pribina was a Croatian nobleman and politician who is the first historically attested

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, having served under kings Miroslav and

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. Pribina is known to have killed king Miroslav during a civil war in the

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and replaced him with Michael Krešimir II because the former had restrained his jurisdiction over some areas. He ruled over counties (županija)

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and Lika, according to '' De Administrando Imperio''. He is also referred to in a charter as ''potens banus'', meaning "powerful ban". According to historian

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, implying different chronological order of Croatian dukes and kings, Pribina should be identified with the same-named Duke of Lower Pannonia,

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, while Frankish archon Kotzil with Duke's son

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, both mentioned in '' De Administrando Imperio'' regarding the deposition of Miroslav in 861 and armed revolt by the Croats who were led by their Duke

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in which "managed to prevail and killed all the Franks and their archon, called Kotzil" in 874.

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