Sebenico grew under the fortress of St Michael at the mouth of the Krka and is first named in 1066.
It changed hands between Venice, Byzantium and the Hungarian kings until 1180; King Stephen III gave it the standing of a town in 1167 (1169 in another account, with the right of coinage). It has no bishop of its own: it belongs to the diocese of Trogir until 1298. In 1200 it may already have Domald, a Croatian lord of uncertain kindred (probably from the county of Sidraga), as its count; he later rules Split and fights the Šubić.
Who holds it
- Name
- Possibly Domald, recorded by some as count of Šibenik in 1200 (others make his rule certain only from 1216); not pinned
- Title
- Count (comes) of Sebenico
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
King Emeric; the town under its count (Domald from 1200 in some accounts).
How things stand that morning
A royal town under the crown, its count not pinned.
Charter
Privilege of Stephen III (1167 or 1169).
Council
Count and judges.
Communities
Croatian townsmen.
Fairs and markets
Not recorded.
Militia
Citizens' levy.
Walls and castle
The fortress of St Michael above the town.
Trade and crafts
The Krka estuary trade, salt and fishing.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Domald's tenure from 1200 is uncertain in the sources.
Primary sources for Croatia and Dalmatia
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of the bishops of Salona and Split, by Thomas the Archdeacon, Thomas of Split (about 1266). Written two generations later by a Split churchman born about 1200. Read online
- History of the doges of Venice (about 1229, with a continuation). The earliest surviving Venetian narrative close to the events. Read online
- The Deeds of the Hungarians, by the Anonymous Notary of King Béla, Anonymus (P. magister) (about 1200 to 1210, the date disputed). Not a record of events but a picture of the kingdom's nobility and geography as a courtier of about 1200 wished to see it: the clans and their lands, the castles and counties, the Vlachs, Cumans and other peoples of the Carpathian basin, all projected back onto the conquest. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
- Charters of the kingdom of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia, volume 2, 1101 to 1200 (documents of 1101 to 1200, edited 1904). The Croatian and Dalmatian charters to 1200: the acts of Duke Andrew as lord of Croatia and Dalmatia (1197 to 1204), the Hungarian kings' grants, the Templars and the bishops of Zagreb, Split, Zadar and Trogir, the communal statutes of the coastal towns, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about Ban Kulin of Bosnia and heresy. Read online
- Hungarian royal charters: Fejér's Codex diplomaticus and Szentpétery's critical calendar of the Árpád kings (documents of the 11th to 13th centuries; Fejér published 1829 to 1844, Szentpétery vol. 1 in 1923). The documentary base for Hungary in 1200: King Emeric's grants to Pannonhalma, the bishops, the Templars and Hospitallers, Duke Andrew's acts in Croatia and Dalmatia, and the papal letters of 1200 to Emeric about his brother's rebellion and about heresy in Bosnia. Read online
- Documents on the older commercial and political history of the Republic of Venice, part 1, 814 to 1205 (documents of 814 to 1205, edited 1856). Venice's treaties and privileges in full text. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.