According to the De Administrando Imperio (DAI), the Serbs settled the. These Pagani, or Narentani defeated a Venetian fleet in 887, and for more than a. 1082) served as regional governor of Raka, appointed by King Constantine Bodin. 29-37), this region is called Pagania, from the fact that its inhabitants had only accepted Christianity about 890, or 250 years later than the other Slavs. Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (Dumbarton Oaks Texts CFHB 1) Constantine Porphyrogenitus, G. This paper examines the possibility of linking this “king of Francia” with the one in the List of addresses, on the basis of information concerning King Hugh in another work by emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus - De administrando imperio. In the 10th century description of Dalmatia by Constantine Porphyrogenitus (De Administrando Imperio, pp. Describing that event, contemporary Byzantine writers refer to Hugh as the “king of Francia”. In September 944 the marriage was concluded between Romanus II, the son of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, and Bertha, natural daughter of Hugh, then king of Italy. According to the research of Constantine Zuckerman, the List of addresses, along with other “diplomatic chapters” of the Book of Ceremonies, was composed in 946. The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum (Dzenleyen: Dezs Dercsnyi) (1970. Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies. The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum (Edited by Dezs Dercsényi) (1970). Jenkins tarafndan ngilizceye evirildi) (1967). Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (Greek text edited by Gyula Moravcsik, English translation by Romillyi J. Current opinion holds that the ruler in question was Otto I and that the address reflects the then prevailing view in Constantinople of Otto as the most serious candidate for the crown of the Western Empire. Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (Yunanca metin Gyula Moravcsik tarafndan dzenlendi, Romillyi J.
Judging from the fact that in that address both the Roman emperors and the ruler it concerns are given very exalted epithets, the address to the “king of Francia” designates a ruler who was, for various reasons, considered by the imperial chancery more distinguished and more important than other rulers of Western Europe.
This paper is devoted to an attempt to find the answer to the question of who this “king of Francia” might have been. The “king of Francia” in De cerimoniis II, 48 The “king of Francia” in De cerimoniis II, 48Ībstract In what is known as the List of addresses to the foreign rulers of De cerimoniis aulae Byzantinae (II, 48) by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (913-959), there is an address to a ruler called “king of Francia”.