BURIAL CHURCHES OF CROATIAN SOVEREIGNS

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SOLIN (CROATIA)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ON OUR LADY’S ISLAND (Solin, Crkva Blažene Djevice Marije, Gospin Otok):

Queen HELENA OF ZADAR (+976), consort of King Krešimir II

The church and the royal tomb were destroyed by the Turks. A new church was built on the site in 1898.

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SOLIN (CROATIA)
BURIED IN THE CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN
(Solin, Crkva Sv. Stjepana):

01. King KREŠIMIR II (+969)
02. King STEPHEN DRŽISLAV (+997)
03. King KREŠIMIR III (+1030)
04. King STEPHEN I (+1058)
05. King PETER KREŠIMIR IV (+c. 1075)
06. King ZVONIMIR (+1089)

The church and the royal tombs were destroyed by the Turks.

LIST OF CROATIAN SOVEREIGNS 910-1097

DUCHY OF CROATIA TO 925:
HOUSE OF TRPIMIROVIĆ
(Trpimirovići)
910-925: TOMISLAV I (King from 925)

KINGDOM OF CROATIA 925-1102:
HOUSE OF TRPIMIROVIĆ
(Trpimirovići)
925-928: TOMISLAV I
Born in ?
Father: Duke Mutimir of Croatia.
He was crowned in 925 at the field in Duvno (now Tomislavgrad/Bosnia).
Died in 928 (?). Burial place unknown.

928-c. 935: TRPIMIR II
Born in ?
Father: Probably Duke Mutimir of Croatia.
His issue who reigned:
-KREŠIMIR I (+945).
Died in c. 935. Burial place unknown.

c. 935-945: KREŠIMIR I
Born in ?
Father: King Trpimir II of Croatia.
His issue who reigned:
-MIROSLAV (+949),
-KRESIMIR II (+969).
Died in 945. Burial place unknown.

945-949: MIROSLAV
Born in ?
Father: King Krešimir I of Croatia.
Died in 949. Burial place unknown.

949-969: KRESIMIR II
Born in ?
Father: King Krešimir I of Croatia.
Married HELENA of Zadar (+976).
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN DRŽISLAV (+997).
Died in 969.
Buried in the Church of St Stephen in Solin.
Queen Helena of Zadar was buried in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Solin (no tombs).

969-997: STEPHEN DRŽISLAV (Stjepan Držislav)
Born in ?
Father: King Krešimir II of Croatia. Mother: Queen Helena of Zadar.
His issue who reigned:
-SVETOSLAV SURONJA,
-KREŠIMIR III (+1030),
-GOJISLAV (+c. 1020).
Died in 997.
Buried in the Church of St Stephen in Solin (no tomb).

997-1000: SVETOSLAV SURONJA
Born in ?
Father: King Stephen Držislav of Croatia.
Deposed in 1000. Burial place unknown.

997-1030: KREŠIMIR III
Born in ?
Father: King Stephen Držislav of Croatia.
His issue who reigned:
-STEPHEN I.
Died in 1030.
Buried in the Church of St Stephen in Solin (no tomb).

997-c. 1020: GOJSLAV
Born in ?
Father: King Stephen Držislav of Croatia.
Died in c. 1020. Burial place unknown.

1030-1058: STEPHEN I (Stjepan I)
Born in ?
Father: King Krešimir III of Croatia.
His issue who reigned:
-PETER KREŠIMIR IV (+1075).
Died in 1058.
Buried in the Church of St Stephen in Solin (no tomb).

1058-c. 1075: PETER KREŠIMIR IV (Petar Krešimir IV)
Born in ?
Father: King Stephen I of Croatia.
Died in c. 1075.
Buried in the Church of St Stephen in Solin (no tomb).

c. 1075-1089: ZVONIMIR
Born in ?
Married in 1063 Princess Helen of Hungary (+after 1091).
He was crowned in 1076 in the Basilica of St Peter at Solin.
Died in 1089 (killed).
Buried in the Church of St Mary in Biskupija near Knin. Later reburied in the Church of St Stephen in Solin (no tomb).

1089-c. 1091: STEPHEN II (Stjepan II)
Born in ?
He had no issue.
Died in c. 1091. Burial place unknown.

1091-1093: INTERREGNUM

HOUSE OF SVAČIĆ (Svačići)
1093-1097: PETER SVAČIĆ (Petar Svačić)
Elected king of Croatia in 1093.
Died in the Battle of Gvozdova Gora in 1097. Burial place unknown.

1097-1102: INTERREGNUM
1102: KINGDOM OF CROATIA UNITED WITH HUNGARY
(see kings of Hungary).

TOMBS OF CROATIAN SOVEREIGNS

CROATIAN CORONATION CHURCH

SOLIN, BASILICA OF ST PETER (Solin, Suplja crkva Sv. Petra).
Here was crowned:
1076: Zvonimir

The church was demolished in the past.

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Armorial banner of Croatian kings, 11th c.

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FOREIGN ROYAL BURIALS IN CROATIA
PULASalomon, King of Hungary

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