Braničevci

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Braničevci location during First Bulgarian Empire Khan Krum territorial expansion.

The Braničevci (also Branichevci or Branichevtsi;

Braničevo, in what is today Serbia, during the Middle Ages
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Initially subjects of the

Avar Khaganate.[1][2] The annexed territories would serve as a frontier to Franks who also exerted control in Lower Pannonia.[2][3]

In 818 during the rule of Omurtag (814-836) Braničevci, together with other tribes of Timočani and Abodrites of the Northwestern Bulgarian frontier, revolted because of administrative reform of centralization started by Krum and continued by Omurtag that deprived them of much of their local authority, increased their tribute and conscription, inciting them to desertion and ask protection from the Frankish ruler Louis the Pious.[3][4][5][2] The area would be of a dispute between the Franks and Bulgars as Omurtag sent embassies in 824 and 826 seeking to settle the border dispute, but was neglected. They were eventually reconquered in 827 when Omurtag militarily advanced and imposed new local Bulgarian chieftains meeting little resistance.[3][6]

Some researchers connect them to the

al-Masʿūdī possibly mention them as Barānījābīn in a list of Slavic tribes after the Moravians (Murāwa), Croats (Kharwātīn), Saxons or Czechs (Sāsīn) and Kashubians or Guduscani (Khashānīn).[8]

References

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    ISBN 9789004464872
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    ISBN 9783319562063
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  4. ^ Dimitŭr Simeonov Angelov (1976). How the Bulgarian State was Founded. Sofia Press. pp. 44–45.
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  6. ISBN 9789004464872
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  7. ISBN 978-963-9911-55-0
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  8. ISBN 978-0-14-045507-6
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