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| - The Principality of Slavinia, later known as the Kingdom of Slavinia (Latin: Regnum Slaviniae; Slavin: Kraljevina Slavinajia), officially the Kingdom of Slavinia and Sarbia (Regnum Slaviniae et Sarbiae; Kraljevina Slavinaje i Sarbiae) from 1060 to 1091, was a medieval kingdom in the Rothoi Peninsula in southern Grandia Branda Region of Eridana comprising most of west part of Ruthenia. The Kingdom existed, first as a Doux dependent of the Rothoi League later as a sovereign state for nearly two centuries. Its existence was characterized by various conflicts and periods of peace or alliance with the Selloi and Kormenians and competition with Mauria for control over the western coast. The goal of promoting the Sarbian language in the religious service was initially brought and introduced by the 10th century bishop Gregoras of Terepesos, which resulted in a conflict with the Patriarch, later to be put down by him. In the second half of the 11th century Slavinia managed to secure most coastal cities of Sarbian territories with the collapse of Rothoi League control over them. During this time the principality reached its peak under the rule of Knaz Vojislav IV (1058-1074) and Ladislas (1075-1089). The state was ruled mostly by the Knezevic dynasty until 1091. At that point the realm experienced a succession crisis and after a decade of conflicts for the throne and the aftermath of the Battle of Orotan Mountain, the crown passed to the Almodian dynasty with the coronation of King Kosmas of Kormenia as "King of Kormenia and Slavinia" in Terepesos in 1102, uniting the two kingdoms under one crown. The precise terms of the relationship between the two realms became a matter of dispute in the 19th century, annexing the Sarbian territories of the peninsula into a Korimi crown. The nature of the relationship varied through time, the local Sarbians retained a large degree of internal autonomy overall, while the real power rested in the hands of the local nobility. Modern Ruthene historiographies mostly view the relations between the both kingdoms from 1102 as a form of a personal union, i.e. that they were connected by a common king.
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