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Successor realms of Great Moravia
In the 10th century, after the Kingdom of Great Moravia fell around 906–907, its territory and political legacy were divided among Bohemia, Hungary, …
Timeline
- c. 906–920Nitra · Nitra RegionThe Magyar invasions caused the collapse of the Kingdom of Great Moravia, the central royal authority disintegrated, and local powers emerged in Moravia, Nitra, and elsewhere. The formerly unified Slavic Christian state split into several competing forces.
- 901–1000Bohemia and Moravia · Czech RepublicThe Přemyslid dynasty consolidated its rule in Bohemia and expanded into Moravia, inheriting Great Moravia's Christian tradition and church organization. The Moravian local duchy survived under Bohemian overlordship and became part of the Czech state.
- 901–1000Carpathian Basin and the Vistula river basin · Central EuropeThe Magyars controlled and settled the Pannonian Plain, while the Polish Piast dynasty expanded northward. Trade routes and church dioceses on the former territory of Great Moravia were redivided among the successor states, and Central Europe took on a tripartite pattern of Christian states: Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland.
Sources
- Dvornik, Francis. The Slavs in European History and Civilization — Francis Dvornik (1962)
- The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 3: c.900–c.1024 (1999)