Branitschewzen
The Branitschewzen (Serbian Браничевци ) were a South Slavic tribe in the 9th century in what is now Serbia .
area
The name suggests the Braničevo Castle ( Branicova ) at the tributary of the Mlava into the Danube as the center of the tribe.
history
The area came under the rule of the Franconian Empire around 818 . From 818 to 821 the Branitschewzen were on the side of the Franks against the independence efforts of Prince Lyudevit of Lower Pannonia . In 822 the Branitschewzen were envoys to Emperor Ludwig the Pious at the Reichstag in Frankfurt .
In 824 and 826 the Bulgarian Khan Omurtag tried in vain for diplomatic clarification for the area. In 827 or 829 he conquered it again.
The Arab scholar Al-Masʿūdī mentioned a Branizabin tribe .
literature
- Vilim Frančić: Słownik starożytności słowiańskich , t. 1, Wrocław 1961, p. 160
Remarks
- ↑ As do the Timochans and Abodrites .
- ↑ In two letters to Ludwig without a traditional answer, cf. Etudes historiques: A l'occasion du XIII Congrés international des sciences historiques