The Royal Frankish Annals (Latin: Annales Regni Francorum) are annals written for the early Frankish kings, covering the years 741 to 829. At least three different authors were involved in their compilation, including Frankish historian Einhard (c.770 - 840). They are among the most important sources for the political and military history of the reign of Charlemagne. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Annals are a form of historical writing which record events year by year. ... Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ... Einhard as scribe Einhard (also Eginhard or Einhart) (born about 775 in the valley of the River Main, died March 14, 840, at Seligenstadt, Germany) was a Frankish historian and a dedicated servant of Charlemagne. ... Events Emperor Konin ascends to the throne of Japan, succeeding Empress Shotoku. ... After the death of Louis the Pious, his sons Lothar, Charles the Bald and Louis the German fight over the division of the Holy Roman Empire, with Lothar succeeding as Emperor. ...

Parts regarding Croats and Serbs

In the part about events in the 9th century, it states among other things, that Ljudevit Posavski, the chief of Panonian Croatia attacked Borna, chief of Dalmatian Croatia. In 822, Borna forced Ljudevit's army back to Panonia and turned to Italy, which sent an army to finish off Ljudevit for good. Einhardt then says that, fearing the Italian army, Ljudevit came to the Serbs who Einhardt says control the greater part of Dalmatia. It is presumed that Einhardt means that Ljudevit attacked a neighbouring Serb chief because Eainhardt says that Ljudevit killed the Serb chieftain whose domain he "went to". (Monumenta Germaniae hist., T. 1., s. 209). Ljudevit died in 823, surviving the army sent to crush him, presumably with territory gained from the Serb chieftain he is said to have deposed . Ratimir then ruled Panonian Croatia. As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... Prince Ljudevit Posavski ruled 810 - 823; ruler of Pannonia (continental Croatia). ... Borna can mean: Two different places in Saxony, Germany: Borna (Leipzig), in the Leipziger Land district A part of Bahretal in the Sächsische Schweiz district BART) - breakdancer or: Borna disease, an infection neurological of warm-blooded animals caused by the Borna virus This is a disambiguation page — a list... Map of Dalmatia, in present day Croatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, Italian: Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman II becomes ruler of Umayyad Spain. ... Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Events Crete is conquered from the Byzantines by the Saracens. ...

The document is contested between some historians. Serb historians say it makes reference to Serb presence in Dalmatia, what was once the province of Dalmatia, which stretched from the Sava to the Adriatic and did include Bosnia. It also implies that Croat control of parts of Bosnia came through military conquest in the early 9th century starting with Ljudevit in 822 AD and was not the result of random settlement during the 7th century. It is also the only document which gives insight into the a precise border between Serbs and Croats before 820 and seems to confirm what Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos says of the settlement of the Serbs in Bosnia in the 7th century in De administrando imperio. Some Croat and Bosniak historians do not accept the document as valid evidence, claiming that it sounds implausible on the grounds that Avars and Pechenegs are confused for Slavs, although it apparently referred to more than just Slavs. This is a list of historians. ... Map of Dalmatia, in present day Croatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, Italian: Dalmazia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Approximate borders between Bosnia (marked light) and Herzegovina (marked dark) Historically and geographically, the region known as Bosnia (natively Bosna/Босна) comprises the northern part of the present-day country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of... Constantine and his mother Zoë. Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (Constantinople, 905 – November 9, 959 in Constantinople) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and his fourth wife Zoe Karvounopsina. ... Serbs (Serbian: Срби, Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ... De Administrando Imperio is the commonly used title of a scholarly work from ca. ... Map showing the location of Avar Khaganate, c. ... Pechenegs or Patzinaks, also known as Besenyők, were a semi-nomadic steppes people of Central Asia that spoke a Turkic language. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ...

Position of Dalmatia in the Roman Empire

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"An army was sent from Italy to end Ljudevit's war, but before it arrived Ljudevit left Sisak (Sisica) and went to the Serbs (Sorabi), who it is said live in the greater part of Dalmatia, he then killed through trickery the chief who took him in and tied his domain to his own. He still sent his emissaries to the emperor's army and promised to appear before the emperor. When the autumn hunt passed, the emperor passed the Rhine for the winter to a place called Frankenfurt and there convoked a general assembly to debate many important things for the progress of the eastern parts of his kingdom with the best people he had sent to administer these areas. On that assembly, the emissaries brought him gifts from all of the eastern Slavs, the Abroditi, Serbs (Sorabi), Bohemians, Moravians, Pechenegs and Avars who lived in Panonia."

Bibliography

• Einhardt: Annales Regni Francorum
• Monumenta Germaniae historica, T. 1. Hannoverae, 1826, G. H. Pertz

The Monumenta Germaniae Historica (frequently abbreviated MGH in bibliographies and lists of sources) is a comprehensive series of carefully edited and published sources for the study of German history (broadly conceived) from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500. ... Georg Heinrich Pertz Georg Heinrich Pertz (March 28, 1795 - October 7, 1876), was a German historian born at Hanover. ...

See also

• List of rulers of Croatia
• Medieval Croatian state

// Earliest history The details of the arrival of the Croats are scarcely documented. ... The Croatian people trace their origins to Slavic peoples which moved into the territory of the former Roman provinces Pannonia and Dalmatia between the 7th and 8th centuries. ...

External links

• Einhardt: Annales Regni Francorum -All book in Latin
• Rebuttal of the Frankish Chronicle