Goinikos 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L IX
PmbZ No.2318
Variant NamesGojnik
LocationsBulgaria;
Serbia;
Serbia (residence)
Textual SourcesConstantine Porphyrogenitus, De Administrando Imperio, ed. G. Moravcsik, trans. R. J. H. Jenkins (Washington, D.C., 1967) (history)

Goinikos 1 (Gojnik) was a son of Blastimeros 1 (ruler of the Serbs) and brother of Mountimeros 1 and Stroimeros 1; on the death of their father Blastimeros 1, the brothers divided Serbia among themselves: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 42ff. After Mountimeros 1 became sole ruler, Stroimeros 1 and Goinikos 1 were sent to Bulgaria: Const. Porph., DAI 32, 57ff. Goinikos 1 was the father of Petros (PBE II): Const. Porph., DAI 32, 61.

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