Person
Pavle of Serbia
Prince of Serbia
Pavle Branović or Pavle of Serbia (ca.
870 – 921) is Prince of the Serbs from 917 to 921.
He is put on the throne by the Bulgarian Tsar Symeon I of Bulgaria, who had murdered the previous Prince Petar, who had become a Byzantine ally.
Pavle rules for four years before being defeated by Prince Zaharija, his cousin.
Pavle is the son of Bran, the middle son of Mutimir (r. 851–891) of the first Serbian dynasty.