Travonie

Travonie or Travounie (in Serb: Травунија or Травуња, in Latin: Terbounia , transliteration: Travunija or Travunja ) is a medieval state Serbe located close to Trebinje in the Herzégovine of the east (belonging to current the Bosnia-Herzégovine), and the Dalmatie (belonging to the Republic of Croatia).

Travonie, as well as the Dioclée and the Zachlumie were collectively referred like the Croatia Rouge according to De Regno Sclavorum of 753, found in the Chroniques of the priest of Duklja of the XIIe late century, while all the three were referred like Serb grounds , their people holding their origin of the Serbia Blanche according to De Administrando Imperio writes by the Empereur Constantin VII Porphyrogénète towards 950. The central part of medieval Croatia was called the Croatia Blanche and was located at the North-West, between Drniš , Knin and Sinj .

De Administrando Imperio states:

"It is city of Decatera which the field of Terbounie begins and which it extends its length until in Raguse; it is close in Serbia in its sides montagneux."

" Travonie (Terbounie) and Konavli are plain. Its inhabitants are originating in Serb the not Christians, who live there since the archonte which flees of nonChristian Serbia towards the Emperor Héraclius and the Serb archonte Vlastimir

" The archontes of Travonie always were of the subjects of the archonte of Serbie"

" The populated cities of Travonie and Konavli are: Travounia (ηε Τερβουνια), Vrm (το Ορμος), Risan (τα Ρισενα), Lukavete (το Λουκαβεται), Zetlivi (του Ζετλεβε) . "

Travunia bordered the Zachlumie in the west, the city of Raguse or Dubrovnik in south-west, the Dioclée in the south and the Serbia in north. Its maritime coast extended from Dubrovnik until the Bouches of Kotor.

History

Travonie entered in confederation with the Serb princes of Rascie very early. At the beginning of IXe century, the duke Vlastimir of Serbia Maria her daughter with the duke Krajina, wire of Beloje, the prince of Travonie.

The Serb prince Časlav Klonimirović of the House of Vlastimirović completely incorporated this surface in his field between 927 and 940. After the death of Caslav in 960, Travonie was disputed between Byzance and the Bulgaria. Towards 968, it was part of the Croatian medieval state controlled by Petar Krešimir IV of Croatia. It came to the Serb princes from the House from Vojislavljević from Zeta about the middle from the XIe century, and later to the Serb princes of the House of the Nemanjić of Rascie.

The Chronicles of the priest of Duklja, a document of the XIIe century, also mentions Travonie.

Populate, religion and culture

Travonie was inhabited by the orthodoxe Serbes of the East.

List sovereigns

Beloje towards 850
Krajina
Hvalimir
Cucimir

See too

Internal bonds

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