Časlav Klonimirović

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Časlav Klonimirović Vlastimirović was the ruler (Knez/Župan) of Serbia. He ruled from 927 to 960.

Časlav was the son of Klonimir, grandson of Strojimir, and the last and the most powerful of the descendants of the Unknown Archont.

He liberated the central Serbian tribes from Bulgarian empire, concluded a voluntary confederation with the chiefs of Bosnia/Bosna that brought them out of Croatia's control. Together with Zahumlje, Pagania/Neretva, Travunia, Zeta/Duklja and Raška, Časlav established a Serb state that encompassed the shores of the Adriatic sea, the Sava river and the Morava river valley as well as today's northern Albania.

After Časlav's death, in 960, the Bulgars and Byzantium took advantage of the discord caused by the power vacuum, and restored their control of most of Časlav's domain, while the chiefs of Bosnia declared independence and dissolved into independent statelets.