White Serbs
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White Serbs were a Slavic tribe, which lived in the region around river Elbe (today in eastern Germany and western Poland) in the early medieval ages. The direct descendants of White Serbs are present-day Lusatian Serbs (Sorbs). The land where White Serbs lived is known as White Serbia.
Part of the White Serbs migrated to the Balkans in 610-641 led by the Unknown Archont. The White Serbs were first given the province of Thessalonica by the Roman emperor Heraclius as a gift because of their victory against the Avars of Dalmatia. Later, they resettled in today's Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro (Paganija, Zahumlje, Travunija, Duklja, Rascia, all parts of the great Serbian Empire)
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- "These Serbs come from the non-Christianized Serbs, called the White Serbs, living beyond the Turks (Hungary) in the area which they call Bojki (Bohemia). The Franks and Great Croats i.e. non-Christianized Croats, also called White Croats, are their neighbours. There, then, have these Serbs lived from olden times." - Porphyrogenitus
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- Unknown Archont
- Theories on the origin of Serbs
- History of Serbs
- Serbs
- Sorbs
- White Serbia
- White Croats
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