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.

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 Neven Budak, the Latin inscription of the fragment reads:

English translation:

It is assumed that Domaslava could have been the mother of King Michael Krešimir II (949–969) or any of his immediate predecessors given that Queen Helen of Zadar (949–969) was the wife of Michael Krešimir II and the mother of King Stephen Držislav (969–997).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Budak, Neven (2011). "O novopronađenom natpisu s imenom kraljice Domaslave iz crkve sv. Vida na Klisu". Historijski zbornik (in Croatian). LXIV (2): 317–320.
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