Svatopluk I

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Svatopluk I was a 9th-century monarch who expanded Great Moravia into a powerful Central European empire and played a key role in the Christianization and political consolidation of the Slavic peoples.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Svatopluk I canonical 5
Prince of Great Moravia 3
Svatopluk I of Great Moravia 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century ruler ⓘ
Duke of Moravia ⓘ
King of Great Moravia ⓘ
Slavic ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
allyOf Pope John VIII ⓘ
associatedWithLegend Legend of the three rods (three twigs) about unity ⓘ
birthCentury 9th century ⓘ
capital Mikulčice (probable) ⓘ
Nitra (associated power center) ⓘ
linked to: Nitra
countryRuled Great Moravia ⓘ
deathPlace Great Moravia ⓘ
deathYear 894 ⓘ
dynasty Mojmírid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicContext West Slavs ⓘ
expandedTerritoryTo parts of present-day Austria ⓘ
parts of present-day Czech Republic ⓘ
parts of present-day Hungary ⓘ
parts of present-day Poland ⓘ
parts of present-day Serbia ⓘ
parts of present-day Slovakia ⓘ
historicalSignificance key figure in early Slavic state formation ⓘ
inConflictWith Arnulf of Carinthia ⓘ
Carloman of Bavaria ⓘ
Louis the German ⓘ
languagePolicy support for Old Church Slavonic in liturgy ⓘ
name Svatopluk I ⓘ
nameInGerman Sventibald ⓘ
linked to: Zwentibold
nameInLatin Sventopulch ⓘ
Zuentepulc ⓘ
notableFor conflicts with East Francia ⓘ
consolidation of Slavic tribes ⓘ
diplomatic relations with the Papacy ⓘ
expansion of Great Moravia ⓘ
support of Christianization among the Slavs ⓘ
politicalStrategy balancing between East Francia and the Papacy ⓘ
predecessor Rastislav of Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Rastislav
regionOfInfluence Central Europe ⓘ
reignEnd 894 ⓘ
reignStart 870 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInChristianization promoter of the Slavonic liturgy ⓘ
protector of the Moravian church ⓘ
successor Mojmír II ⓘ
supportedMissionOf Saint Methodius ⓘ
titleUsedInSources dux (duke) ⓘ
rex (king) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Moravia → ruler → Svatopluk I ⓘ
Great Moravia → notablePerson → Svatopluk I ⓘ
Christian mission to Great Moravia → significantPerson → Svatopluk I of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia → vassalOf → Svatopluk I of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Ján Svatopluk Presl → givenName → Svatopluk ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Ján Hollý → notableWork → Svatopluk ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Mojmir I → positionHeld → Prince of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Rastislav → positionHeld → Prince of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Svatopluk I → name → Svatopluk I ⓘ
Mojmir II → positionHeld → Prince of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I
Mojmir II → father → Svatopluk I ⓘ
Mojmir II → precededBy → Svatopluk I ⓘ
Campaigns against Great Moravia → opponent → Svatopluk I of Great Moravia ⓘ
linked to: Svatopluk I