Svatopluk’s Moravia in the Medieval Hungarian tradition Memory and contemporary sources

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This article analyzes the memory of Svatopluk’s Moravia in medieval Hungarian tradition. It has been preserved that Svatopluk was the main enemy of the conquering Hungarians, and it was from him that they conquered their new homeland. According to this, the Tisza region was under Moravian rule, similar to the claim of Aventinus, who compiled his historical work from contemporary sources. It also turns out that Moesia was under Moravian rule, which agrees well with contemporary sources, that mention a country in the valley of the South Morava (Margus) river as Moravia (Sclavi Margenses/Marahenses) in the ancient Moesia, modern northern Serbia.