Travunian dynasty
The Travunian dynasty,[1] or the Belojević' dynasty (Serbian Cyrillic: Белојевић), was the Serbian ruling family of Travunia, that served the first Serbian Principality under the Vlastimirović dynasty. The progenitor, Beloje, was mentioned as the župan of Travunia in the chapter on the Serbs in De Administrando Imperio (DAI) of Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII (r. 945–959). Prince Vlastimir (r. 836–851) married his daughter to Beloje's son Krajina, and elevated him to the rank of archon, some time prior the Bulgar–Serb War (839–842).[2] Krajina's descendants were entitled the rule of Travunia under Serbian suzerainty.[3] They ruled the hinterland of Dubrovnik and Boka Kotorska, with seat at Trebinje.[4] The family is mentioned after DAI in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, documenting that a descendant of Hvalimir, Dragomir rules Travunia in the latter half of the 10th century, his brother Petrislav ruling Duklja and his son Stefan Vojislav later ruling Duklja and founding the Vojislavljević dynasty.
Members
See also
- Vlastimirović dynasty, ruled Serbia 768–969
- Vojislavljević dynasty, ruled Serbia 1010–1091, Duklja 1010–1043; Pomorje 1043–1148
- Vukanović dynasty, ruled Serbia 1091–1163, Rascia 1060–1163, Pomorje 1148–1163
- Pomorje
- Belojevići, in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of the family estate)
References
- Ćirković 2004, p. 24.
- Veselinovic, p. 24
- Banašević 1971, pp. 113–115.
- Radonjić, pp. 109-110
- "Sebraneʹ spisy", p. 759
- Runciman 1988, p. 213
- Grumel, p. 390
Sources
- Banašević, Nikola (1971). Летопис Попа Дукльанина и народна предања. Srpska književna zadruga.
- Moravcsik, Gyula, ed. (1967) [1949]. Constantine Porphyrogenitus: De Administrando Imperio (2nd revised ed.). Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies.
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
- Fine, John Van Antwerp Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press.
- P. Radonjić, „Velaj“, u: Srpski biografski rečnik, II tom, ur. Čedomir Popov, Novi Sad 2008, str. 109–110.
- Runciman, Steven (1988). The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and his Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-35722-7.
- Andrija Veselinović, Radoš Ljušić, „Srpske dinastije“, Novi Sad, 2001. ISBN 86-83639-01-0 (str. 24)
- Venance Grumel, La chronologie, Paris 1958, p. 390