Domaslava

Domaslava was a queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia in the first half of the 10th century. It is the oldest mention of a name of a Croatian queen found to date.

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A stone fragment from the altar partition of the Church of St. Vitus in Klis

The stone fragments

The only known source of her existence is on the fragments of the dedication inscription on the altar partition in the Church of St. Vitus in Klis

According to Budak, the Latin inscription of the fragment reads:

• “[Ego ... Rex Croat]orum filiu[s ... regis una cum coniuge] mea Domaslava regina [hoc opus fieri iussi]”

• “Ja ... kralj Hrvata, sin kralja ..., zajedno sa svojom kraljicom Domaslavom naložio sam da se napravi ovo djelo”.

English translation:

• "I... king of Croats, son of the king ..., along with my Queen Domaslava I ordered this work to be done."

It is assumed that Domaslava could have been the mother of King Michael Krešimir II or any of his immediate predecessors given that Queen Helen of Zadar was the wife of Michael Krešimir II and the mother of King Stephen Držislav.

Literature

• Vlado Vurušić, Kraljica Domaslava, najstarija hrvatska vladarica, živjela je u 10. stoljeću! Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, Jutarnji list, 21. veljače 2012.
• Bužančić, Radoslav. Crkve sv. Vida na Klisu i sv. Marije u Blizini Gornjoj: prilog proučavanju vladarske predromaničke arhitekture IX. stoljeća