Prosigoj

Prosigoj
SERUIORUM PRINCEPS^[1]
Prince of Serbia
Reign	fl. 822–836
Predecessor	Radoslav
Successor	Vlastimir

Issue	Vlastimir
House	Vlastimirović dynasty
Father	Radoslav
Religion	Slavic paganism

Prosigoj (Serbian: Просигој, Greek: Προσηγόης,^[2] Latin: Prosegoes^[1]) was a 9th-century Serbian Prince (Knez) that ruled the Serbian Principality (Rascia) from 822 to 836.^[1]^[3]

Biography

He was the son of Radoslav.^[2] Prosigoj or his father was the ruler of Serbia during the uprisings (819–822) of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks.^[4] According to the Royal Frankish Annals, in 822, Ljudevit went from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs somewhere in western Bosnia who controlled a great part of Dalmatia ("Sorabi, quae natio magnam Dalmatiae partem obtinere dicitur").^[5] At this time, there was peace with Bulgaria.^[4]

His son, Vlastimir, is the founder of the Vlastimirović dynasty, the first recognized dynasty of Serbia.

Kinship

Unknown Archont (~610–641+), Leader of Serbs and their Byzantine Sclaviniae under Heraclius.
- Unknown lineage of several generations
  - Višeslav (~780–800)
    - Radoslav (~800–822)
      - Prosigoj (822–836)
        Vlastimir (836–~850)

Regnal titles
Prince of Serbia Vlastimirović dynasty
Preceded by Radoslav	Knez of Serbia 822–836	Succeeded by Vlastimir

Monarchs of Serbia

Serbian Principality (1st; Raška), 641–969	Unknown Archon Višeslav Radoslav Prosigoj Vlastimir Mutimir Pribislav Petar Pavle Zaharija Časlav Byzantine annexation, Duklja subsequently emerging as seat

Serbian Principality (2nd; Duklja), 998–1101	Jovan Vladimir Stefan Vojislav Mihailo Constantine Bodin Raška re-emerging as seat (Grand Principality)

Serbian Grand Principality, 1101–1217	Vukan Uroš I Uroš II Beloš Desa Tihomir Stefan Nemanja Stefan the First-Crowned Proclamation of Kingdom

Serbian Kingdom, 1217–1346 Serbian Empire, 1346–1371	Stefan the First-Crowned Stefan Radoslav Stefan Vladislav I Stefan Uroš I Stefan Dragutin Stefan Vladislav II at Syrmia Stefan Milutin Stefan Konstantin Stefan Dečanski Stefan Dušan Proclamation of Empire Stefan Dušan Stefan Uroš V Fall of the Serbian Empire

Moravian Serbia, 1371–1402 Serbian Despotate, 1402–1537	Lazar Stefan Lazarević Proclamation of Despotate Stefan Lazarević Đurađ Branković Lazar Branković Stefan Branković Stefan Tomašević Ottoman annexation, titular: Vuk Grgurević Đorđe Branković Jovan Branković Ivaniš Berislavić Stevan Berislavić Radič Božić Pavle Bakić Stefan Štiljanović Ottoman annexation

Revolutionary Serbia, 1804–1837	Karađorđe Miloš Obrenović

Principality of Serbia, 1837–1882	Miloš I Milan II Mihailo III Aleksandar Miloš I Mihailo III Milan IV Proclamation of Kingdom

Kingdom of Serbia, 1882–1918	Milan I Alexander Petar I Proclamation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

References

1 2 3 Memoriae populorum, olim, ad Danubium, Pontium Euxinum, Paludem Maeotidem, Caucasum, Mare Caspium, et inde magis ad septemtriones incolentium, Vol 2
1 2 SANU - Posebna Izdanja - Vizantijski Izvori Za Istoriju Naroda Jugoslavije Tom 2, p. 31: "...(Βοίσέσθλαβοζ) и од њега Радослав (Τοδόσθλαβος) и од њега Просигој (Προσηγόης)...
↑ De Administrando Imperio, ch. 32, p. 154
1 2 The Serbs, p. 14
↑ Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250

Sources

De Administrando Imperio by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, edited by Gy. Moravcsik and translated by R. J. H. Jenkins, Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington D. C., 1993
Ćorović, Vladimir, Istorija srpskog naroda, Book I, (In Serbian) Electric Book, Rastko Electronic Book, Antikvarneknjige (Cyrillic)
- Drugi Period, IV: Pokrštavanje Južnih Slovena
- The Serbs, ISBN 0-631-20471-7, ISBN 978-0-631-20471-8. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004, Google Books.
Tibor Živković, Portreti srpskih vladara (IX—XII), Beograd, 2006 (ISBN 86-17-13754-1), p. 11

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