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Borna, Duke of Croatia

d. 821 · 9th century

Borna was duke of the Dalmatian Croats in the early 9th century and the first Croatian ruler recorded in contemporary sources, the Frankish royal annals. A vassal of the Franks, he fought for Emperor Louis the Pious against Ljudevit Posavski, the rebel duke of Pannonian Croatia, from 819 until his death in 821.

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Duchy of Croatia

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