Krajina Belojević (, ), was the 9th century local
Slavic chieftain from the region surrounding
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...
, who ruled the area with a title of ''
župan
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrat ...
''. The same region centered on Trebinje, also known as
Travunia, was earlier ruled by Krajina's father, the local lord
Beloje. At the time of Krajina's rule, the region was still under suzerainty of the
Principality of Serbia
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, and he was in vassal relation to its ruling
Vlastimirović's. In 847/848, after the
Bulgarian–Serbian War (839–842), victorious
Prince Vlastimir of Serbia (r.
ca. 836-850) married his unnamed daughter to Krajina, thus elevating his and his province rank.
[Ferjančić, p. 62] In doing so his father-in-law, eponymous founder of the
Vlastimirović's, dynasty which rule Serbia until 969, granted them independence. Although Krajina's father sought to free himself and his province from Serbian suzerainty, and though Krajina succeeded in achieving that goal through marriage with Vlastimir's daughter, he continued to serve in office as ''župan'' under
Mutimir (r. 850–891). With the Vlastimir's daughter Krajina had a son that would succeed him,
Hvalimir (
["Sebraneʹ spisy"]
p. 759
/ref>). Hvalimir in turn had a son, Čučimir (;[ r. first half of 10th century][Grumel, p. 390]), who was the last known Belojević in charge of Travunia before it was annexed by the Byzantines.
See also
* Drosaico and Ljudislav (fl. 836-840), ''župan
Župan is a noble and administrative title used in several states in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 21st century. It was (and in Croatia still is) the leader of the administrat ...
''s of Narentia who defeated Venetian ''doge'', Pietro Tradonico (r. 836–864), and hundreds of his men in 839/840
Notes
References
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* Božidar Ferjančić, „Vizantijski izvori za istoriju naroda Jugoslavije II“ (fototipsko izdanje originala iz 1959), Beograd, 2007. (str. 62)
* Grupa autora, „Istorija srpskog naroda I“, Beograd, 1981. (str. 148)
* Andrija Veselinović, Radoš Ljušić, ''„Srpske dinastije“'', Novi Sad, 2001. (str. 24)
* P. Radonjić, ''„Velaj“'', u: ''Srpski biografski rečnik'', II tom, ur. Čedomir Popov, Novi Sad 2008, str. 109-110.
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