[6] Krešimir was brought to the throne by the powerful Ban Pribina, who rebelled against the former king Miroslav for having his jurisdiction restrained from some areas.
[6][7] According to the semi-mythical late 13th century Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja,[8] certain Crescimirus of White Croatia (usually identified with Krešimir II),[9] ravaged the Bosnian župas Uskoplje, Luka and Pliva (anachronism), and eventually conquered the whole region of Bosnia.
[9] Croatian historians like Nada Klaić, Tomislav Raukar and Neven Budak consider that the account has a "historical core", but remains doubtful.
[6] He gifted estate of Diklo to the monastery of Church of Saint Chrysogonus, Zadar,[6][8] as mentioned in the 1066/1067 charter by Peter Krešimir IV (which has chronology of Croatian kings since Cresimiri maioris).
[7][11] Helen built the royal family mausoleum in Salona (in today's Solin) where, at the end of the 19th century, an inscription of her grave was found and translated, bearing her title "Queen".