Zdeslav of Croatia

Zdeslav was a Duke of Dalmatian Croatia in 864 and again in 878–879. He was from the House of Trpimir.

Zdeslav was a son of Trpimir I. After his father death in 864, an uprising was raised by a powerful Croatian nobleman from Knin - Domagoj, and Zdeslav was exiled with his brothers, Petar and Mutimir. Zdeslav deposed Domagoj's sons in 878 with the help of the Byzantines. He acknowledge the supreme rule of Byzantine Emperor Basil I. In 879, Zdeslav was killed near Knin in an uprising led by Branimir, a relative of Domagoj, instigated by the Roman Pope fearing Byzantine power.