Unknown Archon

Unknown Archon

In the first half of the 7th century, there was a ruler of the Serbs who led half of the Serbs from their homeland (White Serbia) to settle in the Balkans during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610–641), as mentioned in Emperor Constantine VII's work De Administrando Imperio (10th century). The work does not record his name, but states that he was the progenitor of the first Serbian dynasty, known in historiography as the Vlastimirović dynasty. Historians have variously referenced this person as 'unknown archon' or 'unnamed Serbian archon' (Serbian: Непознати архонт / неименовани српски архонт, Nepoznati arhont / neimenovani srpski arhont), with the title of archon usually translated as a ruler or prince or knez. According to De Administrando Imperio, this ruler died before the arrival of the Bulgars on the Balkans (680), succeeded by his line of descendants. Read more on Wikipedia

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