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Klonimir Strojimirović or Klonimir of Serbia was a 9th-century Serbian royalty that briefly ruled Dostinika
Dostinika
Dostinik or Destinikon was the first capital of Serbia during the Middle Ages in present-day Metohia or Prijepolje-Sjenica or somewhere between rivers Bosna and Drina....

 in 867, a city he had occupied of the Serbian ruler Petar.

His father Strojimir
Strojimir
Strojimir Vlastimirović or Strojimir of Serbia was the co-ruler of the Serbian Principality alongside his two brothers Mutimir and Gojnik, from ca 851 to his and Gojnik's deposition in the 880s after an unsuccessful coup against the eldest Prince Mutimir .He was a younger son of Vlastimir, Knez of...

 was the youngest son of Vlastimir of Serbia. Strojimir
Strojimir
Strojimir Vlastimirović or Strojimir of Serbia was the co-ruler of the Serbian Principality alongside his two brothers Mutimir and Gojnik, from ca 851 to his and Gojnik's deposition in the 880s after an unsuccessful coup against the eldest Prince Mutimir .He was a younger son of Vlastimir, Knez of...

 and his brother Gojnik
Gojnik
Gojnik Vlastimirović or Gojnik of Serbia was a Serbian Župan who was subject to his elder brother Mutimir, the Grand Župan of the Serbian lands from ca. 850-860 with his brother Strojimir...

 rebelled against the oldest brother Mutimir and was defeated and exiled as prisoners (guarantors of peace) to the Bulgarian Tsar Boris.

Klonimir was upbringed as a political refugee at the Bulgar
Bulgars
The Bulgars were a semi-nomadic who flourished in the Pontic Steppe and the Volga basin in the 7th century.The Bulgars emerge after the collapse of the Hunnic Empire in the 5th century....

 court at Pliska
Pliska
Pliska is the name of both the first capital of Danubian Bulgaria and a small town which was renamed after the historical Pliska after its site was determined and excavations began....

 of Tsar Boris. Boris chose the wife of Klonimir, whom he had an only son, Časlav Klonimirović
Caslav Klonimirovic
Časlav Klonimirović or Časlav of Serbia was Prince of the Serbs from ca. 927 until his death in 960. He significantly expanded the Serbian Principality when he managed to unite several Slavic tribes, stretching his realm over the shores of the Adriatic Sea, the Sava river and the Morava valley...

.

After the death of Mutimir in 890-891, Prvoslav
Prvoslav of Serbia
Pribislav of Serbia was Prince of the Serbs for a year, in 891-892, before being deposed by his cousin Petar.He was the eldest son of Mutimir Pribislav of Serbia was Prince of the Serbs for a year, in 891-892, before being deposed by his cousin Petar.He was the eldest son of Mutimir Pribislav of...

 rules for a year until Petar defeats Prvoslav in a battle and becomes the Ruler of Serbia. lonimir tried to take over the Serbian throne from his cousin Petar Gojniković in 896 with the support of Tsar Boris. He advanced taking over the stronghold of Dostinika
Dostinika
Dostinik or Destinikon was the first capital of Serbia during the Middle Ages in present-day Metohia or Prijepolje-Sjenica or somewhere between rivers Bosna and Drina....

, an important Serbian city, but was later defeated and killed by Petar.
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