Pribina, Ban of Croatia

Pribina was the first historically attested Ban of Croatia, and who served under kings Miroslav of Croatia and Michael Krešimir II of Croatia.

Pribina is known to have deposed king Miroslav during a civil war in the Croatian Kingdom, and replaced him with Michael Krešimir II because the former had restrained his jurisdiction over some areas. He ruled over the župa's Gacka, Krbava and Lika, according to De Administrando Imperio. He is also possibly referred to in a charter as potens banus, meaning "powerful ban".^[1]

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