Miliduch

Miliduch
Duke of Sorbs (Serbs)[1] "rex superbus qui regnabat in Siurbis"[2] Sclavorum dux
Reign	ca. 790 to 806
Predecessor	Dervan
Successor	Tunglo
Died	806 Weißenfels
Religion	Slavic

Miliduch (also Miliduh and Polish: Miłyduch, Serbian: Милидух, Latin: Miliduoch; d. 806) was a knyaz of the Sorbs.^[3] Formerly allied to Charlemagne, the Sorbs ended their vassalage to the Franks and rebelled, invading Austrasia. Charles the Younger launched a campaign against the Slavs in Bohemia in 805, and after killing Duke Lecho of the Bohemians, Charles himself crossed the Saale with his army and killed Miliduch and knyaz Nussito (Nessyta), near modern-day Weißenfels, in 806.^[4] The region was laid to waste, upon which the other Slavic chieftains submitted and gave hostages.^[5][6]

Preceded by last held by Dervan Frankish rule

Duke of Sorbs fl. 790 – 806

Succeeded by Tunglo

References

1. Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Slawische Alterthümer, p. 519
2. Rad Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, issue 243–244, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1932, p. 210^{[title missing][author missing]}
3. Kętrzyński, Wojciech (1897). Rozprawy: O rocznikach polskich. Ser. II (in Polish). Vol. IX. Krakow: Academy of Learning. p. 209.
4. Vickers, Robert H. (1894). History of Bohemia. Chicago: C. H. Sergel Company. p. 48.
5. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 9, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, JSTOR (Organization), 1880, p. 224
6. J. F. Verbruggen, The art of warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, pp. 314-315