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Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia
(
died 1075
), King of Croatia
Peter Krešimir IV, called the Great (
Croatian
:
Petar Krešimir IV Veliki
) (died 1075), was a notably energetic
King of Croatia
from 1059 to his death in 1074/1075.
[
He was the last great ruler of the Krešimirović branch of the
House of Trpimirović
.
Under his rule the
Croatian realm
reached its peak territorially, earning him the sobriquet "the Great," otherwise unique in
Croatian history
.
[3]
He kept his seat at
Nin
and
Biograd na Moru
,
[1]
however, the city of
Šibenik
holds a statue of him and is sometimes called
Krešimir's city
("Krešimirov grad", in
Croatian
) because he is generally credited as the founder.
[4]
[5]
Reign
Religious policy
Peter Krešimir was born as one of two children to king
Stephen I
and his wife Hicela (or Mary), who was possibly of Venetian descent. Raised in
Venice
, Krešimir succeeded his father
Stephen I
upon his death in 1058
and was crowned the next year. It is not known where his coronation took place, but some historians suggest Biograd as a possibility.
[7]
It has been rumored that Krešimir murdered his brother
Gojslav
(or Častimir) to secure the throne for himself. This created such an outcry from the church that Pope Alexander II sent one of his
delegates
to investigate the death of Gojslav. Only after the prince and 12 Croatian
župans
had taken oath that he did not kill his brother, the Pope restored the royal power to Krešimir.
[8]
From the outset, he continued the policies of his father, but was immediately commanded by
Pope Nicholas II
first in 1059. and then in 1060 to reform the Croatian church in accordance with the
Roman rite
. This was especially significant to the papacy in the aftermath of the
Great Schism of 1054
, when a papal ally in the Balkans was a necessity. Kresimir and the upper nobility lent their support to the pope and the church of Rome.
The lower nobility and the peasantry, however, were far less well-disposed to reforms. The Croatian priesthood was aligned towards
Byzantine orientalism
, including having long beards and marrying. More so, the ecclesiastical service was likely practiced in the native
Slavonic
(
Glagolitic
), whereas the
pope
demanded practice in
Latin
. This caused a
rebellion
of the clergy led by a priest named
Vuk
against
celibacy
and the
Latin liturgy
in 1063, but they were proclaimed heretical at a synod of 1064. and excommunicated, a decision which Kresimir supported. He harshly quelled all opposition and sustained a firm alignment towards western Romanism, with the intent of more fully integrating the
Dalmatian
populace into his realm. In turn, he could then use them to balance the power caused by the growing feudal class. By the end of Krešimir's reign,
feudalism
had made permanent inroads into Croatian society and Dalmatia had been permanently associated with the Croatian state.
[9]
The income from the cities further strengthened Krešimir's power, and he subsequently fostered the development of more cities, such as
Biograd
,
Nin
,
Šibenik
,
Karin
, and
Skradin
. He also had several monasteries constructed, like the
Benedictine monastery
of
St. John the Evangelist
in Biograd,
[10]
and donated much land to the Church. In 1066, he granted a charter to the new
monastery
of St.Mary in
Zadar
, where the founder and first
nun
was his cousin, the
Abbess
Čika
. This remains the oldest Croatian monument in the city of Zadar, and became a spearhead for the reform movement. Several other
Benedictine
monasteries were also founded during his reign, including the one in
Skradin
.
Territorial policy
Krešimir greatly expanded Croatia along the Adriatic coastland and in the mainland eastwards.
[7]
He made the
ban of Slavonia
,
Dmitar Zvonimir
, of the related Svetoslavić brand of his house, his principal adviser with the title
Duke (or ban) of Croatia
. This act brought Slavonia into the Croatian fold definitively.
It is notable that, according to some royal documents, he ruled with three of his
bans
, each having a jurisdiction over a major part of the kingdom; Zvonimir as a Ban of
Slavonia
(c.1065–1075), Gojčo (1060–1069), who was a Ban of Littoral Croatia, and a
Ban of Bosnia
.
[10]
In 1069, he gave the island of
Maun
, near Nin, to the
monastery
of
St. Krševan
in
Zadar
, in thanks for the "expansion of the kingdom on land and on sea, by the grace of the omnipotent God" (
quia Deus omnipotenus terra marique nostrum prolungavit regnum
). In his surviving document, Krešimir nevertheless did not fail to point out that it was "our own island that lies on our Dalmatian sea" (
nostram propriam insulam in nostro Dalmatico mari sitam, que vocatur Mauni
).
[11]
Relations with Byzantium and the Normans
In 1069, he had the
Byzantine Empire
recognize him as supreme ruler of the parts of Dalmatia Byzantium had controlled since the Croatian dynastic struggle of 997.
[12]
At the time, the empire was at war both with the
Seljuk Turks
in Asia and the Normans in southern Italy, so Krešimir took the opportunity and, avoiding an imperial nomination as
proconsul
or
eparch
, consolidated his holdings as the
regnum Dalmatiae et Chroatia
. This was not a formal title, but it designated a unified political-administrative territory, which had been the chief desire of the Croatian kings.
[11]
During Krešimir's reign, the
Normans
first became involved in Balkan politics and Krešimir soon came in contact with them. After the 1071
Battle of Manzikert
, where the
Seljuk Turks
routed the Eastern Imperial army, the
Serbs
instigated a rebellion of Slavic
boyars
in
Macedonia
. In 1072, Krešimir lent his aid to the uprising. However, against all odds, the empire relatively quickly retaliated in 1074. In
1075
., the Norman
Count Amico
invaded Croatia from southern Italy, either at the command of
Constantinople
or on behalf of the Dalmaitan cities (by invitation to protect them from Croatian domination). Amico besieged
Rab
for almost a month (late April to early May). He failed to take the island, but he allegedly did manage to capture the Croatian king himself at an unidentified location. In return for liberation, he was forced to relinquish many cities, including both his capitals, as well as Zadar,
Split
, and
Trogir
. His followers also collected a large ransom. However, he was not liberated. Over the next two years, the
Republic of Venice
banished the
Normans
and secured the cities for themselves.
[13]
Death and succession
Nearing the end of his reign, Krešimir had no sons, but only a daughter by the name of
Neda
. His brothers were dead, so the end of Krešimir IV meant the end of the usurper
Krešimir III of Croatia
branch of
Trpimirović dynasty
. Krešimir designated his cousin and duke of
Slavonia
,
Demetrius Zvonimir
, as his heir with which he has restored
Svetoslav Suronja
branch of dynasty. According to some historians, Zvonimir deposed him and is uncertain whether he died in a
Norman
prison during the first half of
1075
or not. It is suggested by
Johannes Lucius
that an
usurpator
king, called
Slavac
, succeeded the throne somewhere during 1074 and reigned only for a year before getting taken down and Zvonimir taking over
Krešimir was buried in the church of St. Stephen
[15]
in
Solin
, together with the other dukes and kings of Croatia. Unfortunately, several centuries later the
Ottoman Turks
destroyed the church, banished the monks who had preserved it, and destroyed the graves.
[16]
Legacy
Krešimir is, by some
historians
, regarded as one of the greatest
Croatian rulers
.
Thomas the Archdeacon
named him "the great" in his work
Historia Salonitana
during the 13th century for his significance in unifing the Dalmatian coastal cities with the Croatian state and accomplishing a peak in Croatia's territorial extent. The
RTOP-11
of the
Croatian navy
was named after Krešimir. The city of Šibenik holds a
statue
of him and some schools in the vicinity are named after Krešimir.
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